My main concern about actual house hacking for a few years in a row is that we don't want the kiddos to have to change schools once we relocate up there.I'm thinking about getting an appreciation-oriented duplex/triplex in a pricier market with good schools that we could stay in for several years, and saving for an actual cashflow property that'd we buy as an investment property instead of a house hack.

I am not even sure if the villages offers this type of real estate in which we could “house hack”.

That’s why houses are up 100-200%.

Are you trying to afford a house much more expensive than your W2s could cover? 

Hello, I was trying to comp some houses in Detroit and I found that almost all of the recently sold homes in the area didn't have pictures of the interior of the homes on zillow or anywhere else.

A couple of weeks ago, I came across an awesome off-market deal on a hundred-year-old house a few weeks ago and thought all I had to do was renovate it and I would have myself a nice little home to live in long term.

That house won't have a profit for 3 or 4 years now. 

Denver Creative Housing, Denver Sublets, Roomies, Roommates, and so on, there are a few good ones)Also, I use Roomies as well because it is a site specific to finding roommate tenants, and there is a huge demand for it as well, so it is a great alternative to fill vacancies for houses if your owners are open to it and you price it correctly. 

The big one to read up on is the NYS Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. 

This action reflects an alarmingly popular sentiment that rental housing belongs to the state, not its owners.