If the home is occupied, there's usually 1 group showing scheduled, so you'll want to come prepared with your comps and ARV. 

Its a lifestyle you must prepare the family for so you dont have strife..

GC's are all very well prepared in contracts now post covid, so there will be job stops when there isn't $ to cover those job cost runs. 

If these are even an average sized breed they can eat through a lot of food in a day/week/month.So the first thing is to get yourself financially stable.

Just be prepared for potential vacancies.My advice is to build relationships with university housing offices.

This will allow you separate business income and expenses from personal income and expenses.Since you plan to house hack your bookkeeping and tax return preparation will be more complicated because a percentage of your home expenses will be personal deductions and some will be business deductions.

If you want the "best" rate, be prepared to pay for it.

As long as you're prepared to be a landlord and live next to your tenant for at least a year, house hacking is a great way to get started.

Any way food for thought, good luck with whatever you decide to do!

Food for thought if anyone out there is planning to do this as well.