Fannie Mae made an enormous announcement this week that impacts anyone seeking to house hack – they reduced their downpayment requirements on 2-4 unit properties to 5%.

I did that with my parents and it worked out perfectly when i bought their house.

I'd like to start small with 1-2 STR tiny house(s) or other less expensive "alternate housing" options (yurt, airstream, etc).

You've probably heard of big Landlords losing property, but only because they were flagrantly violating Fair Housing, running a slum, or otherwise violating the law in an egregious manner.

My Father has been renting us a house in OBX every summer since I was a kid and were both pretty affluent now and I'm floating the idea of us going in together on an Oceanfront somewhere in OBX that we can use a few weeks a year and have it pay for itself via rentals the rest of the year. 

You find out up front if they have any cash or not, vs burning 30-45 days to find it appraises at your listing price, and they don't have the cash to close.Get a VA checklist from one of your trusted lenders and make sure everything in the house meets the checklist. 

I have lived in the property for more than 3 years and we have been the only occupants in the home since it was built.The potential cashflow isn't the best but our primary goals were to build up the equity in the home to be able to potentially purchase other properties in the future with the chance that we may return to the house in the future.The property is in the Castle Hills area in the northern side of DFW which for those who don't know is generally a neighborhood with higher income tenants. 1. 

That's what open houses are for.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.Purchase price: $247,900Cash invested: $19,000Closed on my 3rd house hack in January 2024 and wow this one has been quite the property.  

Hence, a ‘dovish’ datapoint is one that supports rate cuts, such as a fall in inflation rates or a rise in unemployment.A modest rebound for housing starts.