Me and my partner moved from Utah to Maryland for school recently and we have a townhouse that we are looking to rent. we are currently remodeling and changing a few things before renting. what are the first steps to change my primary to a rental I lived there for about two years.

House hacking is an incredible way to live affordably while building wealth through real estate.

. --- They will offer to fix them in exchange for lower rent, but ask yourself, if the tenant has been living there for 25 years, why isn't everything fixed already?

And this is coming from someone who sponsors private deals for a living!

We live up in Shasta lake.

I live in California but am looking to invest in Texas, Alabama.  

She moved out exactly a month if stay there and they left the place filthy also her son is not on the contract and I been told that many of them were living there while contract has only two people.

@Andrew Katz, if you will be living in your next house hack, you should investigate a conventional loan instead of hard money.

House hacking, short/mid-term rentals, co-living, sober living, or finding ways to add value are where the best opportunities are right now. 

If you are comfortable living with roommates, a SFH househack could be the move for you.