I join Bigger pocket a few months back when my wife and I decided to no longer allow the Salary bribe control our lives.  

I only have about 20K equity, but my home is only 1 years old, with 5.5%.

Hi Everyone -I am planning on buying a 2 unit property and renting one of the units to my friend.

I have tried going through the conventional route of HELOC and Home Equity Loan for my primary residence.

You may already have though about these aspects, but from personal experiecne, here are my 2 cents..Maximize Tax Benefits: One of the major perks of house hacking is the tax advantages.

@Emily Ellis I'm not a lawyer, however several properties in my area I found thru 2 separate wholesalers, turns out they were marketing a property which was listed on the mls and they were "in contract" which was bs, ended up one of my agents brokers were the listing as g ed NY and pulled the the excepted offers from them.

Where can I post my rental property for sale here?

My name is Jonah,  I'm a long time fan and listener of the BP Podcast and decided to finally jump in the forum! 

I am from NYC but plan on using a FHA loan and “house hack” for the low down payment option in order to start building my portfolio.

My cleaners handle it for me which is standard in my market and the markup to drain, fill and clean is only around $25 on top of the cleaning fee if I am not mistaken.