Your expertise and ideas could make a world of difference in helping me achieve my financial goals despite the obstacles I'm facing.Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

I enjoy helping people achieve their goals. rather than share what i would do. 

You need to call multiple lenders, and have an idea what you are trying to achieve.  

If more people achieve this through success with house hacking then perhaps it could turn into one of the most popular investment strategies available today.

If I can be proven wrong I would LOVE that, becuase it means that there are a crap ton of creative ways of helping people with 2-3% mortgages achieve all sorts of things while keeping their loan that they don't think they can...

It will be beneficial to achieving your goals.

Having the opportunity to learn from someone with firsthand knowledge would be immensely beneficial as I prepare to embark on this exciting endeavor.

Obviously it can be done well or poorly, like anything.My experience is that buyers still have a somewhat negative preconception of them and you won't achieve a comparable value on resale even if building costs were the same.

Make sure to connect with local lenders and brokers as it's beneficial for achieving your real estate goals.

I eventually added to my porfolio buying in cheap markets in the Midwest and after a few years I saw first hand that my properties that were initially cashflow negative had far better returns than my rentals OOS that were cashflow positive on paper from the get go.