However, calculate whether the investment—purchase price, legal fees, potential eviction costs, and rehab—still leaves room for a solid return.Risk vs.

I spent a few grand sanding and refinishing.

There are no crazy tiles, the countertops don't have aggressive veining, and there are no crazy accent walls in the living room.

Tenants save money when using a shared meter, so there's plenty of room for error when calculating how to distribute the charges.

@Kegan SchollFrom my experience, if you're a 22-year-old house hacker, Texas and similar markets can be great for room rentals thanks to population growth, strong demand, and tourism.

It gives them the breathing room they need now but doesn't lock you in long term at that lower rate. 

My neighbor has listed his but also has had occupancy issues as an STR and said that most people looking for either rooms or cheap stays but I can't comment on that as I have no experience listing as an MTR.

Looked up hotels and I see $350-600 per room per night for 2 adults and 3 kids.

However when it publishes to websites for marketing it isn’t obvious that I’m renting rooms not an entire house so I get a lot of dead leads.

I can's imagine a situation where all 4 tenants have elected to hand wash their clothes and use the dryer (there is no utility sink in the laundry room).Can you think of any reasons why the dryer would be used that much more/washer used that much less?...