With house hacking you can live in a new place and get lower interest rates.

Vacancy can be very expensive. 

But what are the expenses? 

It's usually within 5-10% of our estimate (and often times lower).So my best advice is to find a team that does this day in and day out.

The cops were called by the lower tenant. 

Sure.... do I think its a deal breaker to be a good real estate agent... hell no...Do I think the bar for getting a license to sell people the most expensive purchase they will ever likely make is too low ?

There could be some exceptions, like if you had a lot lease in a highly in demand are, such as on a lake or in a very expensive market.

Interest rates for primary residence are typically about 1 percentage point lower than conforming investor loans so if you can buy a new primary residence and rent you current one out you will save a lot of money on interest payments.3.

I thought I could grow a portfolio of cash flow producing real estate in lower tier neighborhoods but after speaking with a number of people through this platform and elsewhere, its a losing proposition.

Winston-Salem has a cost of living ranked as 38/50th most expensive in NC, which means as far as NC is concerned it's pretty agreeable in pricing.