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30 January 2025 | 19 replies
I am exiting the rental market here (love living here tho).
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2 February 2025 | 22 replies
Very generally speaking the areas of Hartford and New Haven where you can hope to attract qualified tenants (assuming that is your goal) are very expensive because most of the people with something to lose that live in these cities generally live in 2 or 3 areas.
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
I'm from Leesburg, and I can tell you—multi-family is a solid choice (piggybacking the previous comments which I agree 💯), especially with that live-in/rent-out, house hack strategy.
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31 January 2025 | 7 replies
If you are living there you can keep the 4% rate.If you are not living there you can rent it out to pay for the property taxes.
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1 February 2025 | 1 reply
You can live in your own space and rent out the others.You may even find a house hack.
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
I make around 180k living on the west coast.
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3 February 2025 | 2 replies
A couple strategies that could make sense for a younger person without experience could be a live-in flip or a house hack.
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5 February 2025 | 2 replies
Alternatively, if your daughter lives nearby, why not have her buy into it and live there?
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5 February 2025 | 10 replies
I lived in NYC and worked for the city until I was terminated for not taking the covid vaccine.
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6 February 2025 | 12 replies
I'm a new member here and currently live in Houston, TX.