Less cashflow combined with debt payments or other forced payouts equal need to sell.

It seems you have a better chance of finding 4 plexes that are all one bedroom units or a combination of two 2 bedroom units and two 1 bed room units.

You can petition your county to combine side by side lots like that as well. 

That's a powerful combination. 

Property has been listed for 15 days. few highlightsperson 1: score 402Accounts Ever Late: 3Time Since Late: A monthCollections Accounts: 10Civil Search: considerEVICTION RECORD: file date - Aug 8, 2014EVICTION RECORD: file date - May 27, 2015person 2: score 551Accounts Ever Late: 1Time Since Late: All clearCollections Accounts: 5On the other side, they both combined making income 3 times the rent amount.

Purchase price: $322,000 Cash invested: $5,000 Combining the strategies of 'house hacking' and 'live in flip' I am living in the main part of this home (3BR, 1BA) and renting out the apartment unit (1BR, 1BA) to cover the 'ITI' expenses on my home.

Decrease in acceptable combined loan to value ratio, from as high as 80% to as low as 65%

But a combination of wage gains and declining mortgage rates are helping to override the increases and make homes more affordable in large swaths of the United States.

By subtracting the debt balance from the value, they can see what your equity position is on each property, and combined.

Many folks will combine your second strategy with the 1031 and do a cash out refi to pay themselves back.