@Scott Brockelbank Jr. most heloc's we have access to at the moment are at a higher LTV when you do live there, 10-15% higher loan to value if you live there.

Paint a living room?

For a first-time buyer looking to pick up a fourplex with 3.5% down, your best fit is usually an FHA loan — it’s one of the only programs that allows low down payments on 2–4 unit properties as long as you plan to live in one of the units.

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Is it worth it for me to house hack if my parents allow me to live at home and I have no living expenses?

One unit that I’m living in is already renovated as a mini split new floors all that.Hi, I’m looking for ways to increase the value of my four family without displacing tenants to do renovations.

I usually have a couple living together or a single tenant.  

You could hopefully create cash flow with the house and cut your living expenses down considerably with the rent from the other side of the duplex.

I live in the Bay Area and our investments are out of state.

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