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Finding Tenants For Fourplex
Good afternoon everyone, I’m a 21 Alabama National Guard soldier and I’m currently deployed in Iraq. I look forward to trying my best to do real estate full time once I arrive home in a couple months. I’ve done tons of research on the subject of real estate for the past couple years and I’m confident that I can find success if I sacrifice and put my all into it.
With that said, I would like to start by flipping houses but when I return home my first order of business is to find a fourplex or triplex so I can house hack. I understand that multi-family poperties can be pricey but since I am a veteran so I can qualify for properties with my VA loan, which allows me to buy any property with ZERO money down as long as I occupy one of the units.
Is there a specific way I should be marketing to find quality tenants for my first house hack? Thank you all in advance for your time and I promise to keep you all updated along my journey throughout the end of this year.
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I used to use craigslist but mainly focus on Facebook now. I like to be able to vet potential tenants by viewing their profiles. I can find a whole bunch of stuff that could easily disqualify them from one of my properties. Do they smoke? Do they own a non approved dog that my lease prohibits? (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201405/14-dog-breeds-blacklisted-insurance-companies) Are they employed? etc...