Unless this is strictly a student housing for IU play you would want to be extremely hands on to make this work in my opinion.

i'm always supportive of house hacking. 

Maybe the P trap under the sink is not filling with water correctly and allowing sewer gas to come back in.  

Quote from @Kristin Vegas: Hi bp. is it possible to do a HELOC on a house I purchased 6 months ago?

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I've always been interested in finance but housing had always been a rather boring investment.

My wife's grandmother passed away two years ago, and we still have her house in San Gabriel, CA.

I can tell you first hand that the demand for student housing is at an all-time high. 

I currently own 3 houses (2 rentals) (1 primary).  

I bought my first house 2 years ago for 255k 20% down at 6.375% APR.