Hey everyone,First time house hacker here.I closed on a duplex in Philly end of September and once it got cold I realized the living room and medium sized bedroom in one of the units were not warming up as much as other areas of the unit.

Hey guys!Many of my posts have been related to what I do from a business standpoint, but I wanted to switch gears a bit. I eventually want to get into my own investment properties (after my student debts are completel...

since this is on the house hacker subforum are you referring to potential house hacks not cash flowing? 

I'm a house hacker myself, and work with a ton of investors as an agent, so I'm happy to help with anything along the way.Being in Beaver County should serve you well.

I am a local house hacker and work in that area!

I house hack a multifamily myself and currently have a 4plex in escrow with a couple house hacking using their VA loan and putting $0 down and have another duplex in escrow for a couple using conventional financing to house hack and putting 10% down.Quite a few of my fellow House Hackers who purchased duplexes within the past year using FHA and putting only 3.5% down are getting their entire mortgage paid for each month by renting out their second unit as a short term rental (STR)...so not only is it possible, it is the absolute best way to get started in buying real estate, especially in high cost of living areas such as San Diego but also applies to other major areas such as Los Angeles, San Francisco and surrounding, Seattle, etc.

You should join our community of house hackers in CO Springs.

This works for 2-4 units and is probably the best option for house hackers right now.

I’m getting real excited about starting my real estate portfolio but I do have a couple questions for experienced house hackers or real estate investor gurus:1.

I work with house hackers that will buy a 6 bed house and rent each room for 800 and do pretty well.