Makes SF today feel quaint, and relatively cheap. https://sf.curbed.com/2017/3/30/15127760/homeshare-startup-partition-luxury-apartments-sf

You could always lever up but you don't have the luxury of time or income to support you in case things go awry.

Ben Leybovich calls this Luxury House Hacking.

I just read about it and I thought it would be a great way to kind of hack wholesaling(getting houses for less than they are worth and selling them higher) but on the owner-occupant side with luxury homes.

I've had a successful career as a luxury car diagnostic technician for the past 20 or so years, which I still currently enjoy and crush daily, however I've realized that it isn't likely I will ever make any more than I currently do.

Hemispheres and the likes are affordable yet well maintained, a luxury version of the 70s. 

But if it's a luxury beach rental, you will have a high end market. 

Scope of work:-install luxury vinyl flooring-install kitchen appliances-new kitchen counter-paint kitchen cabinets-paint interior walls-roof replacement-termite damage repair-paint house exterior-plumb gas and drain to rec room kitchen-draw plans to submit to city for permitting

Ours is more toward 'luxury househacking'  than a typical duplex, but I haven't had a w2 since '02. 

If you are in Aiea, you aren't selling to luxury home-owners.