For bookkeeping purposes, I recommend designating a separate bank account exclusive to the house hack activities to keep some sanity.

If you have no desire to actively pursue other investments where you make more than a 2.8% return, then by all means pay it off faster.TYFYS and best of luck!

I do think brand can play a very important role in the long term of something like this.

There is no active electric and where the breakers were taken out of the breaker box.

If you have a ton of activity, then host an open house, get people through and then let them apply.

Is anyone actively doing midterm rentals in this general area and willing to help some new comers out?

I vet a lot of passive offerings and am particularly active in MHP, SS, and MF. 

Personally I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to wholesale a relatives $1M home knowing that I am breaking the law if I cross over into doing anything that can be considered representing them in the transaction, and knowing it will only be marketed to people who buy properties wholesale (typically investors who don't want to pay retail prices), instead of the majority of retail buyers active in the market who are typcially willing to pay more. 

When you are ready to sell again, you just get the next broker to pick you up and activate your license again. 

. -- and they find deals that could be good for all of them - and everyone is helping each otherI think BiggerPockets will be a potentially pretty reliable place - I know that there's different roles, "finders", "buyers", "sellers".... maybe I can just find deals, and connect people together, and get some kind of small finder's fee for it, or something.... ok so that first 10-20k is important to just be able to provide - when getting into this....