I'm Grant and I'm looking to house hack a duplex with the goal of reducing my family's expenses.

Purchase price: $252,000 Cash invested: $60,000 Sale price: $430,000 House hacked a fourplex with my partner Bruno.

@Francisca MacThere are many ways you can adjust all the settings… but the short “as it comes setup out of the box” answer is that there is no charge to a tenant to make a payment using a routing number and account number to post a payment.If the tenant opts use a credit / debit  card, there is a convenience fee charged for the use of the card.  

So my son and his family just checked into a beach house in Jupiter FL.

That has less to do with crime (in the area that I live I don't see it as a big issue) and more to do with taxes and tenant-friendly laws.For any area that is higher crime, you should budget for higher vacancy (and significantly higher vacancy if you don't set tight screening standards and have to evict a tenant) and higher repairs and maintenance.Good luck!

I have heard Midwest is good for a house flip.

The article has some great graphs that are informative as they illustrate the housing price trends of 7 major metropolitan areas in the US, including the San Francisco Bay Area over a 20+ year period.

I'm not talking about the housing market, I'm talking literally, it's hot outside.

It's pretty easy set-up and then the guest can scan a QR code that is in the home, with a shopping list/links of all the items. 

Nestled in live oak trees and a quick walk across the street to the beach, the property provides a serene setting to unwind.