I'm a transplant from far northern California, so don't know your area yet.

My plan is to buy a house early next year and live with roommates so that I can live rent free.

I'd like to bounce this question off the forum. I'm thinking about leaving my $1,700 per month studio in Manhattan to live almost rent free in the immediate suburbs. The house in question is on for $435,000, 1,750...

Hey all, I'm Chance, a recent transplant to Philadelphia from Southern California.

I am a transplant to the Grand Rapids, MI area.

But also - here are a few more places you may wanna check out: New Investor Strategy: How to Buy Your First Multi-Family Investment Property & Live Rent FreeHow to Start Investing In Real Estate at a Young AgeHow to Buy a Small MultiFamily Property: A Step by Step Case Study

As a fellow MI transplant, you will really enjoy SA.

So – live in the house and get an FHA loan, or live rent free and get the traditional loan?

Bill Gulley Uh hum...real live real estate BROKER in this here thread:) Just for the record.Lots of strong opinions on this issue.

I started my investment career by buying a single family home and renting out some of the rooms to friends to live rent free.Now I am a buy and hold investor with 4 single family homes that I bought from a turnkey provider.