Unlocking Homeownership and Investment: Kate Ziegler’s Guide to House Hacking in Greater Boston

 

 

25 Primrose Street, Roslindale

Before + After third floor owner's suite

Kate Ziegler leverages her expertise as an investor and property manager to guide clients toward house hacking opportunities in Greater Boston’s competitive market. Drawing from her own success in purchasing and managing multi-family properties with her husband, Jack Romano, she helps buyers identify 2-4 unit homes ideal for owner-occupancy. Kate’s hands-on experience—rooted in years of managing properties and navigating Boston’s unique real estate landscape—ensures clients find deals that align with their financial goals. House hacking, a strategy Kate champions, allows buyers to live in one unit while renting out others, offsetting mortgage costs and building equity and wealth. 

 

Kate and Jack's latest house hack, a two-family building in Roslindale's Peters Hill neighborhood, included refinishing a walk-up attic space to add two additional rooms and a full bath: and it's now available for rent, as they move on to their next live-in project. Kate's favorite genre of property in a market facing tariffs and supply chain risks is "maintained but not updated"—the kind of place you can live in to begin building equity right now, if you can look past some aesthetic downsides. See also: the dinosaur mural. (It's gone now.) 

 

Kate's deep knowledge of local markets and experience in managing renovations positions her as a trusted partner for first-time investors. Connect with Kate to explore how house hacking can unlock affordable homeownership and investment potential for you in today’s market, or discuss the possibility of purchasing a two-unit building in the Bourne neighborhood of JP where both condo units are (coincidentally) currently available for sale.

 

Kate Ziegler

Kate@arborviewcompanies.com

Arborview Realty

http://katebostonrealestate.com