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25 January 2025 | 2 replies
The reason to have comparables is if you are representing someone or perhaps purchasing a house for yourself to live in.
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19 January 2025 | 1 reply
I would pull a FHA loan for $665,000 and live in one side and rent the other side out to a family member for $2,000 a month.
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26 January 2025 | 16 replies
Because if you need to live off the cash flow what you're really looking for is a business.
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24 January 2025 | 15 replies
Kyle My father-in-law did this by creating a portfolio that is primarily debt-free single-family rentals in the city he lives in.
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22 January 2025 | 12 replies
Hey @John FriendasI have purchased 4 of my Co-Living (rent by room) properties with DSCR, 1 of them within the last few months.Not that I necessarily recommend this, but there are short-term-rental DSCR products.
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28 January 2025 | 9 replies
If you go into Central or South Scottsdale (Old Town) $1M will buy you a smaller, older home, OR half of a big, remodeled home (as alot of the Arcadia and Old Town area are turning over old small homes to be big beautiful homes in the $2.5M range and higher).There are options.....for both buying and renting, that would work with your situation.By the way....it's 51 degrees in North Scottsdale right now where I live.
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21 January 2025 | 4 replies
The answer is yes, but it is generally found when the owner is also living in at least one unit (aka "House Hacking").
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
I know we all got to make a living but....
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30 January 2025 | 8 replies
I'm imagining something more like add a wall, turn a bedroom into a kitchen-living on one side and a formal dining room into a bedroom on the other side, maybe add a half bath in each unit.
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16 January 2025 | 5 replies
Yes 1k sqft is small but probably much better than living with family.