One powerful method is leveraging business credit cards to purchase and renovate properties at 0% interest and zero down payment.

Always good to trade insights with someone who knows how to work a negotiation.

Also do the enemy method (dot com) to suss out your competition. 

Focus on high-demand rental areas (suburbs for multifamily, tourist/business hubs for STRs) and consider scaling with the BRRRR method to build passive income.

If there is a repair needed I can either do it(some may not be as handy) or I can call a skilled trade guy.

With an average monthly profit of about $1,175 after expenses, it’s proving to be a strong investment.If your parents sell their home and want to move in, you’d need to weigh the trade-offs—losing that steady revenue vs. the stability of a long-term tenant.

Eric,Without going into too much detail on each line item, at first I use my back of the napkin method with a 40-50% expense ratio.

But, then those two sold properties can be used for comps making the BRRR method more viable on subsequent properties. 

Love the house-hack method!

Fannie Mac is a publically traded company, ticker FNMA (more later).These GSE’s were created to to promote homeownership by providing liquidity to the secondary mortgage market.These are GIANT housing players, and this is hard to understate.