Really the super zoomed out view should be where there is strong job growth, population growth, and a good price-to-rent ratio. 

I know that it's super important to do a title search beforehand. 

Obviously I'm not super familiar with all the laws and regulations in your area but what I love about house hacking is it can be as creative as you want it to be. 

Cashflow with current interest rates is super hard and unpredictable.

You show up and expect a super sun drenched and bright rooms only to find they are no where near as good looking as the pics.

I would never do that / why not broker the loan and collect a fee upfront.This is also super sketchy as no legitimate hard money lender would lend to someone who is going to lend the $ and not own the property

it was a super deal.

YT is free to use, super easy to do. 

Furthermore, it sounded like they were mad at us for using their name on our pitch deck to the broker when we thought that was the main reason we are signing up with them, to leverage their experience and credibility as a sponsor.We were super disappointed, but to make things worse I heard later that Ryan Woolley was telling other students that we didn’t have our act together and it was a bad deal.

With interest rates going back to more normal levels (because the last 10 years they were super low) and me getting closer to when I plan on retiring, I am working on paying off my mortgages, so I have fewer expenses and more money coming in from the rentals...or if I want, I can sell them in 5 years without interest penalties.