The extra cash flow that results when you don't have to pay taxes can be used to upgrade the property or purchase additional properties.

It depends on your objective:1. trying to generate chunks of money = flips2. want an extra couple/few hundred dollars a month = buy a rental 3. want to live for free and redeploy what you would have spent on a mortgage = househack 4. want to acquire properties without a lot of money = BRRRRHousehacking immediately improves your quality of life financially.

You’re in a great spot with low expenses and extra income to put to work.

Quote from @Matt John: I recently purchased a property in Houston for $100k cash and have secured permits to build a duplex, so the land is shovel-ready.

It really makes management pretty easy.Because of this, we are able to do flips on the side for extra money in addition to our rental ‘bread & butter’.  

After reviewing, we discovered a large portion of the work was actually included in the original scope.Here’s how we resolved it:Compared the CO against the signed contract scope.Negotiated the CO down to ~$7,500 (actual extras) instead of $18,000.Updated budget tracking to make sure no future “double dips” occurred.How do you push back or validate mid-project cost increases?

If a project drags past your original timeline, do you build in extra holding cost reserves, or do you try to refinance mid-project to save cash flow?

The thing with DealSnap is that I’m testing a much more lightweight, super-fast version: copy a Zillow link, fill in minimal inputs, and get a clean, one-page PDF instantly - no learning curve, no extra screens.

In a perfect situation, the payment will still be delayed (even if by hours) using this additional system.And secondly, many of these vendors have "clawback" provisions where, in their terms of service, you give them permission to go back into your account - even weeks after the fact - and reverse a deposit that was made by your tenant.My system is simple, allows for tenants to pay through multiple means, and does not cost me anything extra. 

That extra money builds up “cash value” inside the policy, which grows at a slow but steady rate.