After saving for years and being priced out of nearly all of our favorite neighborhoods here in the northeast, we decided to give up the American Dream of being house poor the rest of our lives and get into real estate.

.”- Rick and Ricky, SFR gurus“We bought this house in Toledo for $31,500 and sold it 10 years later for $34,000”:-) sorry my Toledo friend :)

My presentations were geared towards new construction, but there are ways to improve existing homes as well.The main keys are to understand how energy (heat/cold) moves through houses and how to eliminate the weak links in heat loss/gain. 

Hi all,so I’m moving from Jax to west palm / Jupiter  area In August and I’m curious if there’s any properties (100k-250k) that’ll allow for house hacking.

You could start BRRRRing houses and maybe that would allow you to buy more and make more cash flow.As for the paying off the mortgages, I would make you minimum payments monthly and when rates go down in years, you could refinance but pay the same amount and that will help you to pay it off sooner while you are left in the same Cash flow position. 

I am particularly interested in finding a house in a good neighborhood that has not yet appreciated significantly but has potential for future growth.I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to discuss this with experienced real estate agents in the area to understand which neighborhoods might be good investment opportunities.

The first floor is a commercial space housing a pizza shop that grosses $800k annually.

Actually there is and it's very popular and can be found here https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67-rehabbing-...Your question depends on the style of the house and the price point.

Existing structures used for transient rental purposes must be upgraded to meet current requirements and codes.

I usually just flip houses.