Feel free to share your own experiences with short-term rentals in Locust Lake Village. 

Take advantage of all the free resources online.

Amortization schedules are free all over the internet.

My mother of all people , when i tell her and her husband that i want to have cash on hand after the purchase for cap ex and maintenance they cant understand what the warranty , insurance, etc will not cover. im new to home ownership too so i didn't have the answer but i mean cmon its not free to live once you make it into a house haha note my mom has only lived in her own house for the past 2 years in her whole life. whats vacancy rate do you use when running numbers on things?

Hey @Caroline Knight, feel free to reach out if you'd like to chat.

@Daniel K Houck I have 2 kids and a wife and they don’t want to house hack either so I can relate to your post.The BP Money series interviews a bunch of people where Financial Independence is achieved through frugality, REI, and investing.The story is the same there-start young, make sacrifices before kids, rent out your bedroom in your apartment and sleep on a sofa and grow your own food and use K-cups twice and count each piece of toilet paper etc…and by your mid 30s you are free!

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As such, I need some free resources to get started again.

More Flexibility but worse terms on the mortgage.I hope all of that makes sense but feel free to reach out with any other questions.  

Some contractors are willing to walk through your property for free to give you bids since they want your business.