By Dr. Jim Dahle, WCI Founder

There are a lot of terrible ways to invest in real estate.

Let’s go over seven of the worst.

 

The Worst Ways to Invest in Real Estate

 

#1 House Hacking as a Student

House hacking means buying a house to live in and then renting out part of it to roommates. It’s not the worst way to get started in real estate investing. Lots of people start out with a duplex where they live on one side of it for a while and rent out the other side. But that’s not really the case if you’re a student without an income.

The sales pitch of house hacking is “someone else pays for your mortgage and you don’t have to pay any rent.” The reality is often dramatically different. Now, you’re in a position where you have to extract rent

Keep reading this article on The White Coat Investor.

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