As 2019 comes to an end, I wanted to take the time to review my House Hacking results for 2019. I bought my house in late 2018 with the plan to rent out my spare bedrooms to offset the cost of owning a home. My goal was to reduce my most significant expense (housing) to […]
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House Hack Update: My First Renters
In my last house update post, I spoke about my plans for renting out the two additional bedrooms in my house. I treated January as an experimental month and listed my furnished room on Airbnb while I searched for full-time renters for February. Let’s see January’s results and the next steps for February regarding my house […]
House Update: Moved In & Next Steps
That’s right; we are finally all moved into our first home. Meaning I am officially a homeowner! Check it off the bucket list. via GIPHY How I Did It After I became debt free in 2017, I began planning my next move. I built up my emergency fund, increased contributions to my 401k, maxed out […]
Preparing for my House Hack
Its pretty crazy to think about, but I am about a week away from closing on my first home and starting my house hack. It’s pretty cool that I went from being in $55k in Student Loan debt four years ago to becoming debt free in April of 2017 to now being in the position to […]
Building My First House (Hack)
It’s been a long time coming, but I have finally made the plunge and will be closing on my first house in a few months. It’s hard to believe that after becoming debt free last year I have significantly increased my savings and I am in a position to make this purchase happen. I moved […]
