(Note: I’ve never bought this way but have tried to buy subject to someone else’s private loan agreement.)If I buy a house subject to your mortgage and I stop paying your mortgage, technically you’re still on the hook for your own mortgage.

Technically I believe yes practically no. 

@Alina Vengerov if you live in the property for the 1 year requirement, you could technically do a live-in flip.

Technically it doesn't really change the game much.

I'm looking for a company that I can rely on staffing so I don't have to keep on hiring and retraining VAs.

My thinking is that I get to keep her last month's rent money because she technically owes me the rest of her lease, 5 months of rent.

While running the business I did not cut myself a check for over a year and so as far as the irs goes technically I didn’t have an income.

I agree it's the holy grail to get in on a gentrifying area before the trend catches on and ride out the increased rents without technically doing any value-add.

Last but not least in the "why DSM" bucket you have your traditional three motivators: low cost of living/affordable housing, access to well-paying jobs, relatively safe neighborhoods, and decent schools (I recognize, that is technically four and a half but I am rolling with it).

There is nothing banning rentals in basements they just technically wont be a separate unit.