Most people assume that house hacking means living in a 2 bedroom 1 bath duplex.

Then I work with a local insurance broker give them a valuation of the property, explain that the property is being rented and by how many people.

Either way, there are several people who make this work all the time.

Which means to me that Zillow is cracking down on people hunting for arbitrage on its platform.Consider that, and other potential barriers, when assessing your marketing tools.

As with most people starting out - having the 20%-30% equity to put in the deal is the challenge. 

It is to get you to reduce the amount of time you waste looking at deals and knowing what is good and what isn't good for a deal.You'll also need to know the area comps, are people putting in wood flooring or LVP etc.

Unfortunately, we picked a bad time, because a game just finished, and people were streaming out of Wrigley Field.

@Asseille OdelCFRI.netCheck out the calendar of events and start volunteering - it’s the best way to meet people there.

I’m not in Tyler, but I know how important it is to find like-minded people when starting out.

Think about where those people hang out and network.