Far too many get stuck in the "paralysis by analysis" stage, thinking they just don't know enough to get started.

Best thing to do is think about what you want, what your short term (5 year) and longer term goals are. 

You need to think about this from the tenant's perspective.

I think house-hacking is a great idea and I would be more than happy to help you with the financing.

I don't think 95% fail, I think a vast majority of that don't try.  

Hello everyone, I am still new and am thinking of living in Utah for about two years and will be moving within the next year or so.

Think about where this country was 200 years ago and compare it to now.

Before the income subject to UBIT is calculated you can depreciate and deduct expenses and losses on that portion of the income so generally it's not as bad as people think. 

I think chatting with hosts is the BEST way to get sound and clear cut data (given they keep P/Ls, etc.) because I know I've heard from some folks rumor the idea that Airdna skews data a little bit to make numbers look better than actuality to encourage folks to invest in the area & use their platform to see data.

I cannot specifically think of any issue at all but occasionally we have had complaints about something clearly listed and when we point them to it the complaining usually stops.