You live in one room, you rent the other 3-4br separately to individuals.

It's fantastic to see your enthusiasm for diving into the real estate industry and connecting with like-minded individuals.

I'm thrilled to introduce myself as a fresh addition to this incredible group of like-minded individuals.

This is a house-hacking strategy that many individuals are utilizing to cover their mortgages right now.

Pay Me"  --- Henry Hill, Goodfellas.haha What all is these greats preach actually helps you and not the “offending” individual. 

Appreciate your help-There's nothing wrong with listing the company as "Tenant" but you should also list the individual(s) that actually reside in the unit.

It's important to understand the difference, and I'd recommend sticking with the REIT with depreciation advantages.The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) includes a 199A deduction and applies to certain income from pass-through entities (including REIT dividends) and allows individuals to take the 20% deduction against REIT dividend distributions that yields an effective tax rate of 29.6% or 37% (80% for upper bracket filers).

I expanded upon that with my own observations on how the same individuals who are teaching this are also teaching other bad business tactics and the reprecussions that will come from the way so many are being taught.

I am a longtime landlord that has normally just rented my unit to individuals after I complete my normal background and credit checks. 

If they were separately metered, each tenant would pay the $116.50 base fees and their individual use, which would be 3x higher than what they pay when sharing a meter.There are many options, but don't make it more complicated than it needs to be.