As a house hacker today, you probably won't break even on your housing costs and definitely won't cashflow (you can cashflow with a BRRRR house hack or a great deal). 

@Ryan Thomson is one of the most knowledgeable house hackers in our area (co springs), so maybe reach out to him first to see if he has any tips on what to instruct the lawyers to include. 

I am a house hacker myself.

It’s a risk game with the FHA and house hackers like yourself.

As an example, this is why the German government was never able to take the bitcoin from that hacker in the recent arrest.

However a new build duplex may not be the most appealing to a starting house hacker.

Here are the courses I'm aware of:- Kai Andrew's "Land Hacker" program- Alex Jarbo's "Build Don't Buy Short Term Rental Development" programAre there any other courses I should consider (STR-specific, or general)? 

I'm a 2x house hacker in Los Angeles.

Attn House Hackers,Here is the State of the Market over the last 4 monthsTotal Sold Volume $66,447,000Average Sales Price $2,657,880Average List Price $2,760,720# Listings Sold  25

Not sure if this is you but a lot of first-time house hackers I work with fall for this trap (including myself) in the beginning about trying to maximize financial return at ALL COSTS.Often avoiding the most important question of all, where do you want to live and would enjoy the most?