Happy to share more insights, and I'd love to connect if you’re looking for local contacts or want to brainstorm strategies.4o

@Erika Shiu House hacking with an STR is a smart strategy but ensures financial viability since your mortgage is over 50% of take-home pay.

You are about to learn the hard way (if you had not posted in here), that you are making a mistake with your strategy!

I see three viable options for you: 1) Rent it STR (we manage 100+ Airbnb / STR properties, it's a great strategy and you can definitely make your $2400/mo)2) Sell the property Subto.

No one can answer questions like this because the strategy depends on the investor's level of interest, financial framework, location, and many other factors.

Iwhen underwriting we also want to know the exit strategy of the borrower to make sure they are not limiting themselves to a single exitExcellent!

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

From my experience (being on the DNC list and getting dozens of telemarketing calls a week) the main strategy is to ignore it and call everyone anyway. 

Once you spend a good chunk of time reading real estate books and listening to podcasts you will know all the lingo and basic real estate strategies which will allow you to hold conversations with experienced investors that you may be able to help out, learn from, or partner with at some point. 

After it's rehabbed, you could then rent both units and use the cash flow to offset another primary residence or potentially refi and use those funds to scale your portfolio.I wish this policy change was being talked about more because it unlocks a creative new strategy for investors in MA, since you do not need to owner occupy to do it!