House-Hacking a Duplex vs. Room-Renting a Large SFH

[Isaac Pyle]

Hello BP Community!

I am just starting looking in to REI, and am curious about renting out rooms vs renting out units. From what I can gather, I could buy a relatively large SFH for the same price as a relatively small duplex, which means that if the laws allowed and it was legal, if I was renting out rooms, I would potentially make more money than renting out a unit in a duplex. Anyone have thoughts on renting rooms instead of renting units?