Purchase price: $134,000 Cash invested: $44,280 This was a perfect house hack with buying a home as a primary residence using a 10% down conventional loan and renovating while living in it for about a year.

Two of our kids were living in the area and both were renting, we thought this property would be better for them than where they’re current locations.

Meg Ryan lived next door even LOL.

There is not a time limit for how long it has to be owner occupied but the intent must be to live in it.

I live in Virginia where I reached out to a home owner who lives in another state who has a house that has been unoccupied for over a year.

You gotta live somewhere.

Since LA has banned STR for more than 90 or 120 days, requires one to live in the property for 9 months or so and ADU's or guesthouses cannnot be used as STR, how does a host pass the Material Involvement test?

There is a similar home on the market with seller financing 977 Jasmine Ln, Florence, SC 29501 that sold in October 2023 for $345K.

I live in California and like many California Investors prices are just too high in the area I live.

I've been reading and learning a lot and decided to get started in this by buying a duplex and living in one unit while renting out the other.