Our 4-month goal is to find a place to purchase and let DH "house hack" until we are in a position for the rest of us to move up there.Right now...I'm grasping at Zillow.

I know there’s an option to buy a multi family house and rent out the other unit (house-hacking) but I would like to put my family in a single family home because I have a pretty big family.

My advice would be to go for the house hack option, here's why:1) You can never count on market appreciation and in a world of historically low financing rates I would suggest that asset prices are sensitive to a downturn2) You can much more reliably force appreciation by by improving an asset3) If you focus on assets that need improving you are much more likely to get a below market deal where you will have instant equity at closing4) You can get much better financing terms for a property that you buy personally rather than an investment5) You will ultimately be a better investor if you have some hands on experience6) You will get better returns on the house hack because you can avoid paying property management feesetc.Good luck!

Hi All,I’m a new investor who is house hacking a duplex.

I'm in the process of searching for a home to house hack and will most likely be in the position of renting out rooms since duplexes/triplexes/quads are hard to find in the area.

I am particularly interested in house hacking.

I’m currently looking to “house hack” using a FHA Loan to purchase a SFH or duplex in the Southside Jacksonville area for around 175k.

Hi guys,I'm thinking that for my first investment property I want to do house hacking and finance with an FHA loan.

Additionally, I am looking for a property west of Dallas in the Bedford/Euless area to make my primary residence and house-hack.

I was able to utilize this program (not as a house hack) to get into my primary residence.