There was a SFH that we looked at about 6 months ago but it can be turned into a duplex.

I completed my first rental (duplex) deal and have it rented as of March 3.

My husband and I are seeking contractor bids to renovate our first buy-and-hold duplex, which was built in 1918 in Norfolk, VA.

It is a top/bottom duplex with shared backyard and there is a bit of work to get it up to speed for renting that I am proceeding with now.  

Which leaves me to do the repairs inside - refinishing 2200 sq ft hardwood and concrete floors, repairs to 2 bathrooms and gutting a 3rd, as well as lighting, entirely redoing the kitchen, painting walls and sundry others. 

San Francisco Bay Area- Househack Question- If we were looking to purchase a Duplex using a conventional loan- putting 20% down- in the area between San Jose, CA and San Mateo, CA-1) Is it at all feasible to find a decent duplex for $900,000?

Good luck in your quest to house-hack - I started by house-hacking a duplex in Philadelphia about a year after I started listening to the podcast.

If I was where I used to live, 1000 miles away, I'd been climbing the walls waiting for information.

@Jonathan MorningHouse hacking is living in a multifamily investment property (buy and hold, typically duplex, triplex, or fourplex) and renting out the other units to cover your mortgage costs while you get to live mortgage-free or very close to it.

I would think house hacking a duplex would be a good first step.