Because we sell services ( chef, drivers, etc) and tours (ate, zip, yachts) when our house rents, we offset our cost to keep the net much higher than a 7% ROI.  

I was thinking of house hacking a multi-family.

Re-organizing our rental houses into their own LLCs and considering using a virtual business address for each of these. 

The problem comes in here. he is trying to get into another house in south florida using his VA loan so he can avoid  a down payment. the mortgage that we are going to be taking over is with a va loan. is he able to have 2 properties with a va loan and still avoid that down payment?

It's currently some houses in my local market for sale that I want to run through the different calculators.Thanks again and maybe we can work together!

Consider exploring this in combination with buying a house/condo with multiple parking spots deeded to it.

$250K Reno cost seems very high unless it is a big house over 3000 sq ft. 

Scenario:I have about 8 months left and am looking to finance a duplex using my VA home loan, with the intent of house hacking it..

For a rental, I can see replacing or repairing a unit being deductible as expenses and property improvements.If I am going to be wealthy someday, I do not want to have to wait two weeks for someone to fix my AC when it goes out in my house, and I do not want this for my renters either.

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