

House Hacking
Last week, I sold a duplex to a young guy and it reminded me how smart it is to "House Hack" when you are getting started. For those not familiar with the term, house hacking is where you buy a multifamily property (2-4 units) and live in one of the units. This has been a great strategy forever but it was recently given the name "house hacking" on the real estate investor website BiggerPockets. What are the advantages to doing this? 1) You can reduce or eliminate your housi