So, you can get a mini-education as well. 2.

@Errol Graham you're in a tough position - too small for better software systems, but getting too big for spreadsheets.Stessa may be a decent option, as you should be able to track your accounting so you don't miss something or double enter a bill.Depending on the cost of QuickBooks, you may want to look into Buildium.

I think it was a double whammy when the fed rate was boosted from nothing to 5-5.25 and the fed was also selling a bunch of the bonds they had bought before to drive mortgage rates down. 

To get above $700 your typically looking at a very nice 3 bedroom unit, possibly a side by side to get all the way up to $750.

While that is probably true, it would also wash out the grocery store where his food comes from and the neighborhood would look like  I have been in many quakes including the big one the Loma Preita one  what killed people was the freeway double decker collapsing on the bottom deck and one guy fell through the Bay Bridge when part of that deck came lose .

With my 2 bed I get a fair amount of advanced bookings but nothing like the 5 bedroom. 

Bedrooms and shared/fun amenities are much bigger drivers. 

Its a centennial house Back Unit is smaller with Bedrooms up stairs, the living room walls are wooden with open kitchen!

You can buy a single family home, live in it for a year, then rent it out afterwards, and that would effectively be an investment property after you moved out, but you also got the more beneficial terms of it being a primary residence loan.You could buy a single family home and rent out bedrooms while you are living there, and that would effectively be an investment property, but again, you have the more beneficial terms of a primary residence loan.I wouldn't get caught up so much on if a property you buy is an investment immediately so much as I would focus on what your goals are and how each purchase would be step towards your goals, whether that is house hacking or just buying investment properties you don't live in. 

Below is a general description of the properties they are willing and able to rent:Type: Single-familyConfiguration: 3+ bedrooms, 2+ baths, 2+ car garages, 1,100 to 2,500 SF, one or two stories, lot size 3,000 SF to 7,000 SF.Rent range: $1,900/Mo to $2,400/MoLocation: See the map below for the general areasToday, these properties cost between $350,000 and $475,000.