The perspectives on time commitments and the differences were really helpful.

From a landlord perspective, its great to be able to provide these simple services/amenities at no cost to us, yet empower the tenant to enroll in programs like this.

From a credit perspective, house hacking also helps you build strong cash flow, which can make it easier to secure financing for future deals.Additionally, if you're targeting high-appreciation markets, you could also look into cash-out refinancing down the line to pull equity and fund additional investments.

If it’s in a great part of town, these generally tend to not be the best from a cash flow perspective. 

So my perspective is probably not mainstream or what the other SFR landlords on BP think of it. but everything takes work..

Just sharing a different experience and perspective!

It’s true that freshly renovated properties should have lower maintenance costs in the first few years, but this doesn’t account for unexpected expenses.

The decision you must make is where do you want to live from a lifestyle perspective.

Speaking from the Arizona perspective, we are experiencing continued growth, attracting lots of new residents (Californians choose Texas and Arizona as their top 2 places to move).Here's an economic forecast:https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/economy/2019/12/11/arizona-state-university-annual-economic-forecast-predicts-slower-growth/4398074002/Not sure where you are getting your "low rent" thoughts, maybe compared to CA.

You will certainly gets lots of different perspectives from the forums and most likely multiple people will have experienced a similar situation in their investing journey!