Ultimately, whether house hacking is the right first step comes down to your goals, risk tolerance, and personal preferences around privacy and sharing space.

(Or alert upfront and maybe offer some type of gift card or credit if there’s a showing midstay that might disrupt their privacy).

I suspect, for privacy reasons they will not disclose the sale price to a 3rd party like yourself.

You would need the right style house where both units have acceptable interior egress without getting into each others hair or you are really talking about a roommate in which case you will need to drop rent and might not like the lack of privacy for you and your wife. 

Our renters are uncomfortable with the current situation and feels insecure about their privacy, requesting for installation of tall fence, which will cost lump sum money. 

She wants to have a place already mainly for privacy, and I have been looking into a multifamily (4plex).

Leveled house- exterior paint, fresh landscaping, added privacy fence, interior paint, new windows, new mini split heat pump system, painted kitchen cabinets, new counters and hardware, new bathroom vanities and toilets, expoxied baby blue bathtub and tile surround white.

Hey Annmarie, it's true that sellers sometimes withhold lease information to protect tenant privacy, I do find it a bit inconvenient not having full visibility before making an offer however, the seller might be concerned about protecting the tenants' privacy.

-obviously all the demo involved tearing out old tile, carpet and moving out all the crap in the basement-possibly update hvac (currently has radiators)-Painting and trimwork-Windows are actually ok, don't need new ones-building a fence for privacy in the back yardSorry if this is a lot, but I know some of ya'll would rather have more detail than not enough.

I think you need to change your privacy settings.