With the budget mentioned, you can find single family rentals in Columbus and duplexes in Cleveland under 200k.

Interest is 18%.for a total of 30.5k in debt.current financial status:1k emergency fund.1k in reserves outside of that.6 month plan:I'm going to japan in march with my sister so i'm currently reserving my money to do cool things in japan as it was my personal incentive to get my *** into gear and get my life together.after that trip i'm planning to tackle my debt in order of highest interest rate to lowest interest rate.I believe i can comfortable put 2500 a month into my finances. so i expect to be able to be debt free roughly a year from march.After that: im planning on parking my money into the smp 500 to help it grow until i have enough money for a downpayment on a duplex to a quadplex and doing the houshacking strategy yall talk about.

I started with a SF, moved up to a duplex and now I'm planning to go bigger.

She has a duplex, one unit was owner occupied until her stroke; other had been rented until the same timeframe.

It appears you still have your SBF poster on the wall above your bed. 

Purchase price: $75,000 Cash invested: $21,400 3700 SQUARE FOOT DUPLEX. 4/1.5 AND 4/2.

Hello,I’m located in Central Florida and currently house-hacking a new duplex.

I have a duplex that I originally intended to have serviced by individual heatings systems, but ended up installing a single system that's large enough to heat the whole building.

Backs are against the wall on the inventory issue, and there is no way around it.

By renting out a duplex unit, you can cover a portion of your mortgage and free up cash for other investments.