The kindness and humor of the responses is comforting in a field where there is very little down time (currently as I get it established) and you all "get it".

With house hacking, there is a simple rule in my opinion: The more uncomfortable you're willing to live, the better the numbers can work, the more comfortable you need to live, the less the numbers will work. 

Researched, test drove for a weekend, comfortable with buying it.

Dayton could be a good alternative, offering similar price points.To narrow your options further, consider factors like population and job growth, cash flow potential, and the quality of neighborhoods you’d feel comfortable investing in.

I'm not really comfortable giving her name after talking to the company owner today.

Interest is 18%.for a total of 30.5k in debt.current financial status:1k emergency fund.1k in reserves outside of that.6 month plan:I'm going to japan in march with my sister so i'm currently reserving my money to do cool things in japan as it was my personal incentive to get my *** into gear and get my life together.after that trip i'm planning to tackle my debt in order of highest interest rate to lowest interest rate.I believe i can comfortable put 2500 a month into my finances. so i expect to be able to be debt free roughly a year from march.After that: im planning on parking my money into the smp 500 to help it grow until i have enough money for a downpayment on a duplex to a quadplex and doing the houshacking strategy yall talk about.

You have to put yourself out there and get out of your comfort zone. 

My biggest tip is to save way more that you make and then buy a 2-4 unit building and use a 203k or homestyle renovation loan to do some rehab and add some instant equity.Also, Network as much as possible and get comfortable approach any one and asking lots of questions. 

Also (if you choose well), you are hiring a manager who has many more years of experience than you can ever hope to have, and will avoid rookie mistakes.The downside is that not everyone feels comfortable doing due diligence on sponsors.

They called the office asking for us to buy them new shoes.