He's a CPA/CFP and is well versed in this area.

I got started in real estate investing by house hacking myself as well!

Another alternative here could be refinancing although it is likely your rate is well below today's rates.This is not financial advice, I am not a lender... just sharing some insights that have been shared recently. 

If the goal is to become a full-time flipper/contractor, then doing tighter jobs can help build momentum for a business, that will pay dividends well beyond just the specific house, itself.  

I would be willing to share mine as well including the sheet I built to calculate where your offer needs to be on a house hack for it to make sense.

To answer your question about the market, well it's all over the place!

This will of course depend on your local tenancy laws as well.

It always does well.

Nate barger and Jiries Dawaher have a great program for wholesaling as well!

I immediately recognized that the listing agent/property manager had the current rent well below market & the asking price massively wrong.