Keeping in mind you're not making a decision for your forever home....Let me know if you need market specific insight. 

Just need to stat under the occupancy limit.Also keep in mind basement needs to be livable square footage, ie have egress and proper ceiling height. 

But he chose that one over the others because it was very user friendly (for our older managers) and it offered a 'Groups' function where we could add certain individuals to different projects.

That's on me, my other properties are in good shape, this one was always out of mind.

Keep in mind if you are house-hacking, you will only be able to write off a percentage of the bills.

There are a couple of things that come to mind, if a payment is missed the lender cares, if the servicer goes out of business or misses a substitution of trustee, the lender cares, if the borrower goes to the lender to try to get removed from the loan (usually to buy another house) the lender cares, if the property gets caught up in a bankruptcy or divorce, the court cares and that means the lender gets involved.

because I was paying my bird-dogs vs having them pay me and just promise how someday, maybe just maybe they will bring the grand-slam of a deal and then I will be paying them oh-so much $$$$$ Seriously, from those buying into this I gotta understand how your mind works, no insult meant, I am genuinely intrigued and baffled because if it's a good deal you can go to any number of investors and get $, not a one will charge you for the opportunity to present them deal. 

They're all very similar in my opinion, and do about 90% similar functions.

But I am still shopping before making up my mind.

With a background in residential real estate, I’m eager to expand my knowledge and build connections in the industry.I’m especially interested in networking with like-minded professionals who are passionate about creating value through real estate.