As I amass the funds needed to buy my first rental (while keeping an eye on the COVID situation), I want to house hack.As it so happens, a good friend of my girlfriend's would like to rent a spare room in my house for 3-6 months.

  :)  Stage it with compact ikea type items.  

Know what contingencies are in your contract, and use them wisely and sparingly.

hello,My name is Nick and I am from mahwah, NJ.My wife and i purchased our first home, an older home in desperate need of some TLC, about 2 years ago and i have been remodeling it slowly in my spare time.I have listened to a few audiobooks about investing and have begun listening to the bigger pockets podcast I am interested in learning about investing in rental real estate.I do have a question to start with: I have a good friend with a significant amount of money he is willing to invest.  

I listed some spare garages for rent on the site, and got good response.

have a similar issue and was lucky to find Two replacement Rheem Smart Water Heaters at home Depot for $584 off of each only needed the one. but bought two for the savings my other will go sooner or later and now i have a spare.

I also look at some other numbers like COC and ROI for my new acquisitions.When I started out I didn't have any money to spare so I leveraged hard at 1.2 DSCR.

But ok, if you're not an astute investor, sure, put every spare dollar you have into one deposit!

You can take that order directly to judicial sales with your receipt, and if you can spare a few minutes while they process it, you can get your deed right away.  

Many times older people would talk to me like I was just window shopping when it was my full-time livelihood.When you can spare the time, watch what the contractors do, even offer to help.