Quote from @Christina Weaver: Hi, @Steven Hamilton II  my husband and I live in California, a community property state.

If she is worried about her gas bill, she apparently can't afford to live in this unit.

I live in California, this is a bay area property.were not looking to move out of state and house hacking is less palatable when a duplex costs 1.6 million.

I noticed their business is listed as an LLC on their Zillow profile, and we also found that they have a few other unrelated LLC businesses that didn’t seem to work out for them over the years and were short-lived.

There's definitely a few things to note since you are residing in Europe, most of the investors we work with that live over there do put it in an entity but there are a few details for how that would work since you aren't necessarily local. 

Because they’re ideal for creating comfortable and functional shared living spaces.5.

On the flip side, if you've got a bunch of Section 8 tenants living in a building that's in a neighborhood where a lot of the tenant base has good jobs, high credit scores, and are generally reliable people, you've got the most risky tenants in that tenant base and that ain't what ya want.

The answer is yes, but it is generally found when the owner is also living in at least one unit (aka "House Hacking").

I make around $110k+ per year, live off around $75K, have a mortgage ($1900/mo for rent, escrow, tax), around $40K in equity, and no other debt. 

I live and work in the Atlanta, GA area.