Capacity and Tolerance. 1) Capacity: how many people can you comfortably fit in the property, is there room to add more, or add more value to the tenants to increase rent.2) Tolerance: How many people are you comfortable living with, if there are vacancies are you able to handle that.House hacking is an amazing path to homeownership, and a nice low barrier to entry into self managing your properties.

First - You should be investing to make money and a return.

I like the fact that one and a half units pays all bills.

Send a document once and ensure it includes a deadline for their response and a consequence for failing to respond.

My husband and I did about a year and a half of college before moving up to KS.

Younger buyers are still eager to enter the market, and as the economy shifts, there is potential for conditions to become more favorable.

I guess be happy it’s only a couple months and a cheap lesson learned?

I was also getting credit card balance transfer offers at 0% promotional rates for a year to a year and a half and I started transferring my HELOC balances to the promotional credit cards.

Although most of my stays are <7 days, I've had a few longer stays (business travelers and a family that was going through a full home remodel).

Subsequently I ended up buying property in 8 states, and a couple weeks ago bought 5 properties in 5 days in 3 states.