San Francisco Bay Area- Househack Question- If we were looking to purchase a Duplex using a conventional loan- putting 20% down- in the area between San Jose, CA and San Mateo, CA-1) Is it at all feasible to find a decent duplex for $900,000?

Good luck in your quest to house-hack - I started by house-hacking a duplex in Philadelphia about a year after I started listening to the podcast.

However, if it hits this minimum target, I will look at overall condition of RE market.I believe you bought condo in Las Vegas, did you upgrade to SFR in Summerlin?

I found out that my rents were way below market, I had to contact them to raise the rents from $1000 to $1200 a floor.I think I' small fish, they manage condo complexes and I'm a small dude with 1 triplex.

A title issue, an issue with condo or HOA association, lost paperwork.   

@Jonathan MorningHouse hacking is living in a multifamily investment property (buy and hold, typically duplex, triplex, or fourplex) and renting out the other units to cover your mortgage costs while you get to live mortgage-free or very close to it.

I would think house hacking a duplex would be a good first step.

However, I am now actively looking for an investment property and was wondering, if I find good deal this year, like a duplex that I could house hack, what would be the best way to get out of the lease so I wouldn't be making two payments?

I'm here to learn.My plan is to acquire a duplex via a 203k and rehab it, then a four-plex when I've built up enough equity in that property, and then eventually some 50+ unit complexes.

I bought a duplex that I was renting and now I rent out the other half of it.