I believe that RentRedi also has leases as part of its service. 

I think that losing the HELOC should create a little better cash flow but at the very least it will put some stability into my debt service. 

I think the VA loan house hack is an incredible opportunity for service members, and I think you could absolutely take advantage of it if you'd like to! 

I stand corrected:)They do have an office in Metro Detroit and while we're far from perfect, we seem to get a lot of their unhappy previous clients.In our opinion, they built a system for Class A rentals - where tenants have 680+ credit scores and rarely have to be evicted or trash properties.They then tried to apply their processes to Class B & C rentals and that's when their service issues increased.All this caused them to recently significantly increase their Flat Fee pricing and monthly minimum charges.

I found this on their web site:Our company Tax Alchemy provides tax planning and implementation services as a flat rate fee based on the tax strategies needed to reduce your tax bill.

In my experience, cash flow is key, especially for long-term holds, so running a detailed DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) analysis might be a good step here.On the flip side, if you're eyeing faster returns, a flip might be more lucrative.

A couple of questions: do you have students call the utility services to put the services under their names before move in?

You could lease part for food service or coffee shop and some retail space, a small health club, massage. 

There is a free website that I use to find the estimated short term rent based on Airbnb data.The same information you can get from airdna but you need to pay for that service.

Family services will inspect the home and limit occupancy based on the number of bedrooms.