You can sell on financial method because there is such short demand there is all but no comp's to use for comp method, and if selling as turn-key, yup, financial method will be your friend for sure. 

I am wondering if there is any market in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, or Washington DC that would "make sense" to house hack given my financial position? 

To restate, I wonder if it is feasible to pre-qualify prospects financially and criminally before touring.

If they’re facing a short-term financial hiccup and you feel they’re otherwise a reliable tenant, you might consider setting up a plan for them to catch up on what they owe.

Prices go down, causing financial pain for the gentry.

There are other options such as harvesting capital losses on other financial instruments, but the stock market has been pretty good lately, so that may not be an option.

It’s a smart way to leverage your current resources while keeping your financial risk in check.If you ever need advice on financing or want to discuss this strategy further, feel free to reach out.

It's really hard to give financial advice without having a full idea of what you're trying to do (fix and flip, buy and hold etc). 

I don't have the time or the financial means at the moment for that.

Furthermore, while not obligated, RTR financially contributed to help this investor offset missed rents from the tenant, which it sounds like the investor later recovered from the tenant eventually.