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6 February 2025 | 40 replies
Only the house 5 down with the same sq ft is literally worth 100K more because the neighborhood actually changes in those 5 houses.
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29 January 2025 | 22 replies
House hacking is a great way to get started.
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4 February 2025 | 18 replies
House hacking is financially a no-brainer and no city in the US (including Chicago) has more duplexes than Milwaukee.
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30 January 2025 | 13 replies
It's an acreage property near the lake that has a main house (2/1), guest house (3/2), and small studio-layout unit (3 units on same property).
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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
It will be remote, but since you live there now, you probably already have connections who either already know the house or local friends to find you good people to service things as needed.
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29 December 2024 | 5 replies
Sounds like the house is not local to you, OP.
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
I'm from Leesburg, and I can tell you—multi-family is a solid choice (piggybacking the previous comments which I agree 💯), especially with that live-in/rent-out, house hack strategy.
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5 February 2025 | 3 replies
My wife and I purchased a home at the very beginning of 2022 and "house-hacked."
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29 January 2025 | 10 replies
If you are just getting started here in Chicago, house hacking is the ideal situation.