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◆ INVESTING BASICS
House Hacking: Buy a Home, Rent Rooms, Build Equity While Living There
How house hacking works, mortgage financing advantages, tenant selection, and building wealth from day one of homeownership.
- House hacking: Buy a 2–4 unit property as your primary residence, live in one unit, rent the others; tenants' rent covers your mortgage.
- Your 'rent' is effectively free when tenant payments equal your mortgage + expenses; you live for free while building equity.
- FHA loans (3.5% down) are available for primary residences; you can house hack a 4-plex with just $20,000 down on a $500,000 property.
◆ BUDGETING & SAVING
Financial Planning in Your 30s: Debt Payoff, Homeownership, Family Planning, and Wealth Acceleration
30s strategy: pay off non-mortgage debt, buy home if desired, plan for family, accelerate wealth building (you have ~25 years to retirement).
◆ HISTORICAL CASE STUDIES
What Was the 2008 Financial Crisis?
The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, triggered by subprime mortgage collapse, reaching its peak with Lehman Brothers' failure in September…
◆ FED & MONETARY POLICY
What Is Quantitative Easing?
A monetary policy tool where the central bank buys large quantities of government and mortgage securities to inject money into the economy when interest rates…