You may want to adjust your criteria a bit and sacrifice projected cash flow for stability and projectability.All the best to you in your investment journey!

@Grant Shipman Great stuff, I'm a big fan of co-living/rent by room strategy, and I do it here locally in Denver metro, and it is the best strategy in today's market for any house hacker to live for free or make money while living there, but they have to sacrifice personal space.

No, you do not need to sacrifice cash flow for good macros.

Wait for her to bring it up.Don’t focus only on sacrifices and future payoffs.Highlight near-term benefits, not just “someday we’ll be rich.”Don’t force or bribe her to attend meetups.Invite her but dont push itDon’t try to teach them to analyze deals.Focus on what excites themFYI I had to deploy before my wife got on board.

First all, thank you for your service and kudos for making that sacrifice to househack it's definitely paid off!  

It makes so much more sense for me in my situation to sacrifice that cash flow so that I can focus elsewhere.

Drag is very real with HML which is what they are doing.. you sacrifice drag for high liquidity when your doing those types of deals as an investor in HML/PML 's  

Also, making some sacrifices can more than make up for lack of capital or experience when getting started.

Was it worth the sacrifice?  

@Steve Englehart why would you sacrifice the tax penalty losses for short-term cashflow gains?