As it enables you to live in one unit of a property while renting out others to pay your housing bills, house hacking is an excellent strategy—especially for first-time homebuyers.

Even with the cost, leveraging HML might enable you to take on additional projects concurrently, increasing your overall return.

Our financial support demonstrated our commitment to providing the necessary resources for successful real estate investments, enabling a smooth and profitable transaction in collaboration with our partner, Glenn Klingensmith.

Our financial support demonstrated our commitment to providing the necessary resources for successful real estate investments, enabling a smooth and profitable transaction in collaboration with our partner, Seth Choate.

For the bottom of the commercial market, properties not deemed worthy of Loopnet, a lot of driving around, using Cagis or similar GIS databases to get owners' name and addresses, and putting notes and business cards in doors is an alternative to Loopnet (I don't know about Crexi).

It not only enables property marketing but also facilitates payment management, lease handling, and work order organization.

Our financial support demonstrated our commitment to providing the necessary resources for successful real estate investments, enabling a smooth and profitable transaction in collaboration with our partner, Shannon Johnson.

Our financial support demonstrated our commitment to providing the necessary resources for successful real estate investments, enabling a smooth and profitable transaction in collaboration with our partner, Graham Lyster.

The characteristics defined by the location include:Total capital required: If you can grow your portfolio using accumulated equity by cash-out refinancing, which is only possible in areas with high appreciation, you'll need considerably less capital from your savings.Inflation protection: Whether rents outpace inflation, enabling you to sustain your lifestyle indefinitely, only occurs in cities with significant and sustained population growth.Income persistence: How long your income will last.

In alignment with Jason's suggestion, it is advisable to explore various financing options for your property acquisition, potentially enabling higher leverage.Regarding the advice from your Realtor advocating for more expensive multifamily properties due to reduced competition, it is crucial to critically assess whether this aligns with your investment objectives.