One important detail is that my brother currently lives with us, and we are open to having him stay with us if we do make a purchase as a renter to help cover our mortgage.I see our main options as the following:1) Buying an SFDU to live in, and "house hack" with my brother continuing to live with us and pay rent2) House hacking with MFDU.

His information is definitely the most "sales pitchy" of anyone, which I really do not like.At the event, I saw Jonathon Haveles was their main coach. 

Mainly because they advertise saying they have been investing over the last 15 years and been wildly successful.

That being said the main issue with leverage is being over leveraged.

Is it a typical inn/bed and breakfast setup with all the rooms inside of a main house? 

To hit $1mm net equity in 5 years you have to approach from mainly an appreciation approach.  

From what I see all the people answering to me here (and there are so many) are just coming against and refusing to agree with my simple statement: "a landlord is not above the law or norms by its personal choice or presumed capability to judge what he don't know" or as well "a landlord cannot deny or miscarriage a service to a stranger without a known valid reason and at the same time pretend to be operating professionally or loyally to the moral"Basically I'm telling if you are not able to do your business correctly it would be better to find someone else than you, mainly when your ideas about "squatter" or fair treatment are coming from ignorance or completely invented. 

I think the main factors you should consider in Florida are the following: 1.

I am a mainly cashflow person. 

Quote from @John Williams: I recently bought a home that has an attached dwelling unit where Im planning to move in and rent out the main unit.