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Today, an enterprising Gen Zer who purchased his first home in Florida with some help from his parents reveals how renting out rooms in that property helped him to earn enough money to splurge on two additional dwellings in Jacksonville.
He and his now-wife moved into an ADU on the property in order to make the most out of the house itself, but he was eager to expand his real estate portfolio before they started a family. …