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House Hacking
What is House Hacking?
House hacking is when you buy a multi-unit property, live in one unit, and rent out the other(s) to help pay down your mortgage and expenses. In the pricey San Francisco Bay Area real estate market, house hacking can help you get into a home you love while simultaneously building wealth.
Want to learn more about house hacking or try it out for yourself?
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Tiny Homes and Tiny Properties in Oakland
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The Joe Dickerson Group Is Selected As One of America’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents®
OAKLAND, Calif., March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Joe Dickerson Group, an award-winning Oakland and East Bay real estate team focusing on helping Bay Area buyers, sellers, and investors to build wealth through real estate, has been selected as one of America’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents®. Selection to America’s Top 100 Real Estate Agents® is by invitation only. It is reserved to identify the nation’s most esteemed and skilled Real Estate Agents and Brokers with a history of
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Case Study: House Hacking a Duplex in Oakland
Are you wondering how you can possibly afford a home here in the very pricey San Francisco Bay Area? Saving enough for a down payment on a million-dollar home could take a very, very long time. That’s why house hacking can be a great solution to affording a home despite the high prices here in the Bay Area. And in fact, it’s something that we on the Joe Dickerson Group team do ourselves! House hacking
With Rent Control And High Prices, Is House Hacking Still Realistic?
People ask if house hacking is still a realistic and viable option in the Bay Area given our high price points and continued move towards tenants rights and rent control. We believe wholeheartedly that it is. It may not result in ‘free’ living right away, but we believe it’s far better than the alternative. Our clients who end up in successful house hack situations keep their monthly housing expenses far lower than if they had
House Hacking Case Study
In this blog, we’re going to walk through a case study of one of our past clients who have chosen to house hack. Earlier this year, our clients – we’ll call them Jim and Gabby – were looking to make the move into a more permanent home from a rented apartment. With their two young children, their goal was to find a 2 or 3 bedroom house and they hoped to stay in a good
