I have been doing fairly well, taking in consideration the little time I'm on it, but it's a lot of work.

I am not an engineer, so please consult with an engineer or licensed GC in your area before proceeding, but this should be a fairly minor change that should be completed in under 1 day.

The sad truth is most in the BP community believe the horrible deal with favorable seller financing where zero out of pocket is required is a better real estate play than the great deal that requires traditional financing.

I’m looking to house hack my first property and walked through a couple of properties that have a fair amount of square footage but only 3 bedrooms.

So if your use is sporadic, renting may still be the better option.Several different factors play a role in this situation. 

In all fairness though we are conservative and I personally go visit the market ( at my expense) and the individual we are going to work with before I start the program..

If you think a builders rep is going to be "fair", your a special kind of dumb.

I have a fairly extensive summary of GA tax sales process in my notes file — I’ll send to you later if you want it… but I found it in this forum if you want it sooner  

As long as you are willing to play the long game you don't really have a reason to be overly nice or flexible with this tenant.

Rates are starting to drop fairly fast and for primary homes they are already down 1.25% from earlier this year.