Even with a shared bathroom and living room, your place is likely much nicer than the average extend-stay motel, so if your rents are competitive, then you can likely serve this avatar.You may find that a 5/2 is an acceptable temporary housing solution for a family displaced after an insurable loss (fire, flood, etc.).

You can find higher ROI (on paper) here and probably in other cities…but the probability of actually collecting rent significantly decreases.

I am seeing a decrease in nightly price and demand for these units.

Perhaps this is temporary and it is just a blip and for the investors, I truly hope so.

Let your tennant in the “disuputed” unit know what’s happening and discuss temporary solutions in case this drags on longer than expected.

I would benefit from this program because it would decrease my 1:30-2 hours commute down to under 30 minutes.

You can also double hack these if you have enough units and live in one unit and use one unit for your business, but of course that decreases your cash flow but increases your usability.You can also use an FHA loan to get a mixed-use property with only 3.5% down if the residential square footage if more than 50% of the total square footage.

I look for cashflow to service the debt, repairs, cap ex, taxes, and insurance while the equity grows, my taxes are decreased, and rents are increased to make more cashflow. 

ATX is having a huge decrease in rents while Reno, NV is steady and even growing in certain areas.

There are times when the market increases or decreases rapidly.