Originally posted by Matthew Paul:In my second house I had roommates , I had 2 thermostats , 1 in my bedroom that controlled the HVAC , another in the living room that wasn't hooked to anything just for the roommates to adjust .

I'm waiting because I still haven't owned my house for 6 months.

The investor if they slip and the lender if they need to take the house back.  

Nice way to house hack!

I don't know a single person who regrets starting out with a quad and house hacking.

I don't see it as an issue but many still do, at least in my small town where the majority of renters are elderly people looking for low maintenance housing options.

There is no housing market in US where real estate can out perform stocks.

I say this as a four time house hacker.

If you can get a big 4-5 BR house with a view for a under a million bucks, i'm pretty confident you can cash flow it with a good return, even in a 6%-7% interest rate environment. 

Gettysburg PA is a very attractive place and attracts a lot of tourist that now many retired people have started buying houses to live there and the prices of houses have gone out outside the Downtown.