They were busy but the process was unnecessarily dragged out an extra 30 days.

They were busy but the process was unnecessarily dragged out an extra 30 days.

He lives at home so I can't move in with him, and I live too far from his work.I'm trying to decide if I should take a leap and buy a mountain/lake property for under $400k first to try and start earning extra money while I can take the risk with my cost of living so low.

Do you want/need the extra $100/month this provides or are you happy that its basically cash flow neutral and you can do a long term hold and make your return from appreciation and mortgage pay down?   

They pay an additional $300 more a month now, but they love the extra space.

I would then repeat with the second unit (rent extra bedrooms and rehab in place).  

If you're local and you have the extra time and want to save money, then you could do it yourself.

Stacking extra money each month to prepare for another house hack next year!

I was able to structure the deal to purchase the land for only $1k and the extra cost went into the duplex, which allowed me to finance a lot more of the cost than I would have otherwise.

I was able to structure the deal to purchase the land for only $1k and the extra cost went into the duplex, which allowed me to finance a lot more of the cost than I would have otherwise.