You need to do a cost-benefit analysis to determine if it's worth it.  

So if not owning the land, it needs to cash flow like a small river to be worth the work.  

To answer your title directly, house hacking is entirely worth it and if you're willing to be a landlord it's 100% the best springboard to financial independence.

Now that you know this little secret (that most don’t), you can make informed decisions when it comes to increasing rents for new leases and renewals.

I think it puts the increase into perspective and I get no pushback or arguments from my tenants.

Is it still worth to invest in the area?

It was worth it to just separate out every listing on its own, but if the price keeps going up, we will have to reassess.

The shorter the prepayment term has an impact on increasing the rate.4.

Yeap, exactly same as Zillow's Zestimate increased the price of houses.

One day a trend not make, but yesterday I have a listing that had a shockingly high number of showings, like 10 days worth of showings, and I also showed a buyer client a property that has been on market for 30 days and now has 3 offers on it.