If it pays for itself, it provides you with a "free" place to live during the off-season.

A 1/1 with a 4/2 on top is perfect for the hacker to live in the 1/1 and cash flow on the higher rents.2.

I’m a 24-year-old living in South Jersey, and I'm interested in investing in properties around Philadelphia and the surrounding PA/NJ suburbs.

However, it's a deal in a different state and during the Facetime showing, I could tell the tenants were gross and makes me think they don't care about taking care of the place or their living conditions.

We want to purchase a property to begin building our rental portfolio but are unsure of the best approach.We live in Sonoma County, California, and I work in Healdsburg.

If you live in Cleveland (a cash-flowing market), I wouldn't look OOS at another pretty similar market.

Use tools like the VA loan for house hacking and your Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) to cover living costs while building equity.

It's not a bad strategy, especially if you live in a lower-priced area with a good rent-to-purchase price ratio.

Or paying off my debt, while I provide them with a nice house to live in instead of an apartment. 

I've personally done just about every rehab scenario, properties I've lived in, properties bought as investments and even properties bought at auction.You've gotten good advice from folks on this list.