If you’ve been active in the area, I’d love to hear your take—what’s working, what’s not, and anything I should watch out for.Appreciate any tips or advice you’ve got?

By house hacking, you're immediately positioned as a landlord, which will adequately pressure you to learn how to structure your leases, screen applications, collect rental payments, resolve the nuances of managing tenants and addressing property issues, etc.

Secondly, the homeowner would need to cooperate as she would need to submit a bunch of paperwork including income statements, tax returns, etc. for the Short Sale application to show that she is insolvent.  

Again, this is with commercial/investment property; owner occupied or consumer loans may have legal issues rendering this technique non applicable.  

In addition, you’ll be included in their newsletters for additional real estate investing resources.The best way to leverage RentRedi benefits is for rent collection:Tenant applications and screeningDocument and field maintenance requestsE-sign leases Tenant communicationRenter’s insuranceAnd for Stessa benefits: Property bookkeeping and accountingPortfolio monitoringProperty analytics to track historical performanceSchedule of Real Estate OwnedLandlord bankingTax prep support 

I did the below research a couple/few years ago (so info is slightly old) but never ended up doing one but for those who watch my posts, I have indicated it is high on my list for Q4.  

They don't ask for any documents just do a credit check and you fill out their application.

(+1 sub)speaking of uncut gems. it's interesting that was the movie you were going to watch, given your situation. can't really compare RE to gsmbling, but the guy had heart and wouldn't give up for nothing. great job on persevering thru this storm! 

Have you used their services or only watched their videos?

And you can definitely pay off your home faster if you focus on running all of your expenses through it and watch your expenses.