Also if you are selling, hopefully your agent has advised you but good practice to have a vacant unit to open the buyer pool to owner-occupied buyers/house hackers.

I mean, why bother to practice what you preach?

They can fine you for practically anything and they want all the STRs to be banned from the city.

In practice rents will be slightly lower and sometimes slightly lower.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

Focus on one strategy, practice analyzing deals, and take consistent small steps like attending events and building relationships.

@Cody Baum - Can you become an investor focused agent and get practice in real estate without it being your own money? 

Specifically, I’d love to hear about best practices for managing shared spaces, screening tenants, and setting up house rules.Additionally, I plan to split the utilities among the tenants—any advice on how to handle this efficiently would be greatly appreciated!

Every passing year, this practice will get harder and harder, on average, across the country. - In the event that you do get a deal, that you do not violate the intent or letter of an increasing number of anti-wholesaling laws, and that you actually receive an assignment fee, you will walk away thinking that your role is over.

Any agent who violates this is communicating to you that they are unethical.Best practices proves that interviewing agents BEFORE you go looking, to find the most competent one for your specific needs is the right way to do it.