My interest in real estate investing started from reading books and listening to podcasts, which got my thinking about exploring house hacking as my first venture.

I'm looking into what it takes to buy my first house/multifamily property out of state.

Selling a house and agreed to terms with a buyer *pending inspection report*.

The first buyer is going to build a house.

Hi,I just got under contract on a 4 family house in NJ using an FHA loan.

So from funding balt city row houses to loudoun county :)

Get an extra job, live off of nothing, and go put 3-5% down on a single family house hack.

Have you thought about renting out rooms in a house instead of STR or renting the entire house?

(and yes, DSCR are personally guaranteed) The number of financed properties calculation includes:the number of one- to four-unit residential properties where the borrower is personally obligated on the mortgage(s), even if the monthly housing expense is excluded from the borrower’s DTI in accordance with B3-6-05, Monthly Debt Obligationsthe total number of properties financed (not the number of mortgages on the property nor the number of mortgages sold to Fannie Mae), with multiple unit properties (such as a two-unit) counting as one property;the borrower’s principal residence if it is financed; andthe cumulative total for all borrowers (though jointly financed properties are only counted once).

You've probably heard of big Landlords losing property, but only because they were flagrantly violating Fair Housing, running a slum, or otherwise violating the law in an egregious manner.