Should your first home you buy be a rental property or a starter home for yourself?

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Q1 - do you want a personal home or a rental property?

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Live in it and rent a room or 2

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I’ve been doing it all my life. Been able to buy multiple properties

Starter. IMO you need your own experience of what can go wrong with a house before renting one out and having to be stuck doing all the repairs because tenants ignore the obvious problems until something breaks.

Unless you are prepared to deals with renters or pay for management company you should buy a residence to live in.

Buy a duplex or triplex first. Then buy a nicer duplex or triplex. Rinse and repeat.

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