My husband and I got married at Castle Farms :) That's a beautiful area, we're hoping to buy a property there some day - hopefully when the market comes down a bit though!

@Landon RasmussenPaint it, switch out all the lights for daylight LED, clean it like a laboratory inside, mostly denude the landscaping outside no matter how lush and beautiful you think it is. 

The beauty in my opinion with house hacking is the momentum your build by living for free or close to free while your tenant pays your mortgage down.

I came across real estate after continuously seeing a real estate business in my local Houston neighborhood purchasing old, dingy homes and flipping them into something beautiful. 

And, finally, I've lost count of the number of resumes I've reviewed where the applicant had a college degree in a subject that bore absolutely no resemblance or had any bearing on what jobs they worked after graduation. 

It is not even a close resemblance of reality 

Charles with 3.5% down and then moved out and now rent it - just like your plan), is that the numbers might not be beautiful - it can be tough to accomplish with such a low down payment.

The beauty of real estate. 

Our backyard was lush green with beautiful grass. 

I just bought a beautiful home and, while I dont need it, would like to move in two working professionals into the two vacant rooms while I lived I stayed in the master.