The Duplex / House-Hacking Strategy
Living in one unit of a duplex, triplex, or fourplex while renting the others is one of the most accessible ways to turn a first purchase into an investment, a portion of your mortgage gets covered by rent from day one. It's a strategy I walk new clients through step by step.
Investment & Airbnb Properties
Central Florida, with its tourism draw and steady population growth, supports strong demand for both long-term rentals and short-term/Airbnb properties. We'll look at real numbers: purchase price, expected rent or nightly rate, financing terms, local short-term-rental rules, and what your actual out-of-pocket cost looks like.
Financing Your First Investment
Owner-occupied multi-family financing (like FHA loans on 2-4 unit properties) often requires a smaller down payment than a straight investment-property loan, because you're living in one of the units. I'll walk you through exactly what you qualify for and what the numbers look like over time.
Your Second, Third, and Beyond
Once your first property is generating income or building equity, we talk about what's next, a second rental, an Airbnb, a small multi-family, or a value-add property. Most of my long-term investor clients started exactly where you are now.
