House hacking without renting your current home.

[Bidkar Salazar]

Good day to everyone.  I'm new here. Hoping someone can answer this for me. I want to purchase my 1st rental. Interested on a duplex. My question is. I don't have a mortage on my current home. Can I house hack a duplex and not rent my current home? I still have adult kids in collage living at home and my mom. I would like to use one of the 2 units to move in and rent the second one without renting my current home. Hope this makes sense.