@Roy Gottesdiener The answer to question is it depends... on your market, strategy to buy RE, long term goals, and interest rates on your current properties.

To answer your title directly, house hacking is entirely worth it and if you're willing to be a landlord it's 100% the best springboard to financial independence.

Because the extra family members weren't on the original eviction, I had to wait another 3 months to get them out. 6 months altogether. 

It's great that you are ready to start investing, but it's very hard to answer how you should start without more information.

This is my first investment of this sort and it has not worked out how I originally intended but I am learning from my mistakes and will be making better decisions in the near future What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Assessors know who the pita's are, those same assessors have to sit on the board and answer every appeal.

My markup is always lower than the original lender's because I don't spend money advertising during the Super Bowl, my president doesn't have a corporate jet, and we don't have layers of management we need to pay.

If the answer is yes,  keep this wholesaler on your list.

He was asked why he filed no answer to the complaint and if he had any witnesses or evidence to back up him claims.   

So what specific questions can we answer for you?