I always am amazed when someone selling a $600,000 house brings me a listing agreement where they agreed to pay a stranger $30,000 to list their house for sale and they didn't even read the agreement much less spend the $250 to have a lawyer tell them that yes, if they sell it to their cousin during the listing period they still have to pay the $30k.

Purchase price: $120,000 Cash invested: $150,000 Dilapidated house.

Hi @Christopher Morris House Hacking is NJ is great way to go. 

I tell people that if they don't have a net worth to buy their dream house in cash then they aren't ready to buy their dream house. 3.

You could go the house hacking route with buying MFU, etc.It MIGHT be interesting if you are a traveling nurse to turn your house hack into a short term or mid term rental while you are gone.

I love the Myrtle Beach area.Condos are a dime a dozen so there is stiff competition which pushes prices down.HOAs have their own problems which I always avoid.I would try and buy a beachfront house or 1st row house 

Selling a house with furnishings doesn't really add value and many buyers won't want the furniture.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary has brought renewed attention to a long-debated policy move: the potential privatization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Have helped multiple clients maximize their house hacking properties this year as well. 

From my experience working with over 400 investors, those who start with house hacking scale much faster.Good luck!