Whether you're buying recreationally, your new first time home, a transplant from out of town, or a savvy investor, I'm ready to aid you in all of your real estate transactions.Real estate investing has been an interest for the last 3 years, I just want to know everything there is to know about it and make it into an art form.

We are trying to start out by getting an FHA loan for a multifamily unit, preferably in a nice area like Roosevelt Island or Astoria, to have a place to live rent free and a source of reliable income.

it will be very, very difficult to find a triplex in LA/Hollywood that you can house-hack and live rent-free in.

Make sure you buy it so it cash flows positive into your pockets and you can live rent free.  5.  

Being a West Coast transplant I can give you one warning: learn the neighborhoods for good rentals.

You won't cash flow much at all but there are places where you can live rent-free and build equity and hope for appreciation.

Alison Wise welcome from another PA to SoCal transplant :) (philly to Newport Beach) you defiantly came to the right place.

HAHA  We are not originally from New England, we are both Mid West transplants.

I basically get to live rent free while my $80k in income pretty much goes straight to the bank.

When my brother paid towards the monthly 'mortgage', he got a greater % of the house, but according to the contract he could pay nothing and effectively live rent free for 20-30 years.