Real estate's "gross rent multiplier" is Wall Street's "sales to revenue",  "cap rate" is roughly "P/E ratio".When evaluating markets and investments I tend to start with GRM (or lazily the 1% rule), then attempt to return a cap rate based on assumptions about costs, then I work my way to multiple years of projections (assumptions about inflation, amortization, tax benefits, etc), and if I am partnering with one of my smart friends I have to pull up an IRR (internal rate of return).I also look at regional employment levels, median income to rent ratio in the zip code etc. 

Maybe she will sell for less, but I suspect you'll have to convince her that she benefits from the transaction somehow.Usually, a title company expects a written purchase and sale agreement first, before they will do a title report and they need to know the sales price in order to set the coverage.

Bottom line, they side with a scammers and for the "benefit" of being on their site, you get to waste more time than it's worth, dealing with their confusing set up.

Without house hacking, your figures would look like this:$1850+1850 = $3700 - $1500 - $3200 = $-1000 net in your pocket (let's skip principal paydown and tax benefits for now).With house hacking, your figures would look like this:$1850+650+1500 = $4000 - $3200 = $800 net in your pocket. 

All the other fancy ways people try and get creative with owning something typically only costs you money and provides zero benefit. 

I don’t think you’re getting $2k worth of benefit, much less $16k every single year. 

Real Estate is definitely a long game and you will see the benefits of it within a few years even if you don't see it right away.

I think that is very reasonable move for matured owners like you but I don’t think it benefits most new hosts who should really focus on the ranking over expanding their market.Also I have 1000+ reviews as a super host on Airbnb and I work in a very similar role as a senior resolution case manager.

Single-family homes benefit from a larger buyer pool, appealing to families and owner-occupants, which makes them easier to sell.

Alternatively, do the risks outweigh the benefits of $500+ cashflow plus 30% day one equity and less than 2k out of pocket?