I have watched a couple of your YouTube videos and found them extremely detailed and informative when it comes to the Milwaukee market and investing.

To offset costs, I’m planning to buy a duplex and pursue a house-hacking strategy:1.Rent out one unit as a long-term rental.2.Live in the other unit and rent out the bedrooms as short-term rentals (STRs) through a furnished rental approach.Before diving in, I have a couple of questions:1.Can I use a property for both short-term and long-term rentals?

Of course, he flamed out after a couple of years, but he followed some of the path you outlined.

You can simply request a separate check for the $100 increase to bring the total deposit in line with the new rent amount.

Quote from @Jadan Williams: Hello bigger pockets experts, I currently live in california but will list my house for sale within the next couple months i want to use between 100-200k for an investment but not sure how to go about it.

Quote from @Nathan Gesner: There were a couple experienced investors on the forums that loved to tell everyone they could manage a short-term rental in just five minutes a week. 

You will likely miss some deductions using the commercial tax software but it’s the cheaper option and starting out a couple hundred dollars in deductions missed likely isn’t that big of a deal.

Hey Nithin, one of my client's closes today on a next gen home that they plan on renting out the separate unit.

We used to have the commercial unit and the apartments as separate buildings but that caused other issues.  

Why give up a couple percent?