As a house hacker, you have to account for your lowered cost of living i.e. instead of renting a 2 bedroom apartment for $2200, you're house hacking with a leftover cost of $1500 after all costs.

You'll want to work with an agent, lender, and attorney experienced working with house hackers.

I would eventually like to add another bathroom and a closet.I am a house hacker so this would be used for the first year to serve as my primary home as I collect rent from the ADU.Listing price is 515K, 5% down it won't cashflow until I move out.

Hey Catherine,As a two time house hacker in Los Angeles, and I started with a condo, here are my thoughts:1.

Hi All,New investor here, but I'm a commercial property manager and house hacker so not entirely green.

This limits purchasers to house hackers significantly limiting the potential buyer.

I'm a 2x house hacker here in LA and an out of state investor.

I work with many VA house hackers in the Chicagoland area. 

@Jose Aguilar, fellow Cali landlord/house hacker here.Firstly, take advice from out-of-staters with a grain of salt.

For some, stabilizing a property and learning the rental path can be difficult in tandem, so for house hackers I say go turnkey.