With house hacking, there is a simple rule in my opinion: The more uncomfortable you're willing to live, the better the numbers can work, the more comfortable you need to live, the less the numbers will work. 

If its little down or nothing down then of course this is a hard no.. this could be set up pretty easy to rip rents.

You don't know the area, have no ability to lay eyes on it yourself and it's not easy.

He's broken the contract 10 ways to Sunday, should be easy to terminate--and anyway it ends on 12/31 this year.

Two recent clients purchased properties with less than $250K down in New Hyde Park and Lynbrook.One property has a detached garage to bring in additional income and the other has a 1-bedroom ADU.Both deals cashflow.These aren't easy to find in a seller's market but they're out there. 

Expect to spend a considerable amount of your time speaking to people.Expect to work dozens of hours/week with little to no immediate result.Expect most of your early interest from potential clients to come from your sphere of influence.Expect to go 3-6 months without getting paid (unless you do rentals which usually pay faster)Expect to be bombarded with distractions - mainly, people/companies marketing to you so that you choose their system for quick and easy buyer or seller leads.

Call Cape Coral zoning directly to get their rules and restrictions.

I feel the padsplit model might not be that sustainable if it is that easy for the hosts to have legal troubles.

Its easy to say that an older property cashflows better when you look at a spreadsheet.

Check on these jobs somehow.5) Google builder and company names with "feeback" or "review" to see what you may find.It's not really easy to do all this.