House Hack Deal Analysis
All of us agree that the focus for deal analysis should be on #2 – after you move out and convert it to a rental property. Remember, you are buying a future rental, so the numbers need to make sense as a rental. It’s common for new house hackers to get tunnel vision and only focus on the analysis while living there. Don’t! The real wealth-building comes from buying multiple house hacks that make sense as rental properties.
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Maximizing Rents for a House Hack
There are two scenarios that we need to consider when we are evaluating how to maximize rents for house hacking. How to maximize rents while you are living in the property, and how to do it after you move out. This module walks you through the analysis.
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The Best Locations for House Hacking
Since we went over which property types work best for house hacking in the last module, it only makes sense that we now explore what areas of the Denver Metro area we find those types of house hack properties.
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The Best Properties for House Hacking
This module discusses the best properties for house hacking in the Denver market today. Several people who come to us have researched house hacking online about the type of property they think they need to be successful with a house hack strategy. While certain properties might be more ideal, the information usually acquired is from talking about house hacking on a national and very general level. Online national information is often like a “square peg in a round hole” situation—it just doesn’t work! We want to look at house hacking on the local and specific level and what will work best for our current market in Denver.
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Financing for House Hackers
In this second episode of the Ultimate House Hacking Guide, Joe helps us to understand the basics of financing, which loan types are available for house hackers and why house hacking can be so attractive from a financing perspective.
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House Hacking in the Denver Market
This is the first module in our new Ultimate House Hacking Guide. What is house hacking, and who coined the term? While it’s a newer term and a great name, this investing strategy has been around for a long time. Check out this module to see how each of the authors define it, the variations of it, and how it differs from traditional investing.
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