I assume you’ve got a loan that says you will be living there.

I live here and househack as well - can provide a first hand perspective.

I have studied things and I feel I would only make maybe an extra grand a year and frankly I don't want to squeeze every last time out of people coming for vacation.Most of our guests are regular people.

We plan on living in the house and doing most of the fixes and renovations ourselves.

I am exiting the rental market here (love living here tho). 

Since they are responsible for maintaining the relationship with you after the transaction closes, this approach adds an extra layer of confidence and security to your investment. 

We're trying to get our first rental property paid off with extra cash.

Anything to make living there a nuisance. 

The inspections have become so nitpicky over purely cosmetic items there has to be an extra $1-2k per year to keep up with the punch list every 1-2 years.

Even better if you buy 2-4 units, live in one and rent the rest - then repeat every 12 months.