Anyone can do it just like anyone can flip a house or run a short-term rental.

@Paige Gardner HM is a great way to get started however understand that it is SHORT TERM FINANCING 6-18 months. 

Quote from @Ben Trageser: If you live in your short-term rental (STR) property in a future year after claiming depreciation, depreciation recapture does not occur immediately.

Are you familiar with Creative Financing such as Subject To (SubTo), SubTail, WRAPS, Short Term Lending, and Bridge loans? 

Short-Term vs.

But house hacking, short/long term rentals, new build/ mixed use developments and  live in flips all have my attention right now. 

The energy in the market is shifting, and we are anticipating that the January data reports, which will be released shortly, will reflect this momentum.The chart below shows the annual cycle of decreasing inventory in Q1 every year for the past 5 years.

why not just list it with a realtor for a short listing agreement, like three months.

I am on pace to finish the course before the beginning of March and my short term goal is to join a brokerage firm before May.

However, there are other loans designed for fixer uppers referred to us hard money loans, bridge loans, or fix and flip loans but whatever you want to call them they're essentially short term, interest only loans with no prepayment penalties designed to finance a higher % of your purchase price and typically all of your renovations not to exceed a certain % of the ARV (typically 75% max).