The market fundamentals of extremely limited land, heavy population growth, no government debt, and lowest unemployment in the country etc. are driving strong appreciation and I think the outlook is very strong for the next couple of decades.

It's vital to learn the fundamentals forever however there not a desire to be a crack merchandiser.

With some of the fundamental principles of personal finance being save more money & find ways to reduce spending, house-hacking meets both of those principles and will help boost them. 

Here’s a look at four key areas that are fundamentally defining the market:1.

I prefer the Warren Buffett for real estate model: invest in fundamental quality income producing assets in quality locations, never sell, unless your original thesis was wrong or neighborhood changes/can't attract quality tenants, reinvest all profits and compound your returns develop significant wealth over time (time and developing positive habits have compounding affects).

Occasionally, I'll drop a few bucks on a real estate book, but I probably wouldn't pay any significant amount of money for a RE course (especially not back when I was a beginner).  ...back when I was a beginning investor, the most important thing for me to learn were the fundamentals, and that info is out there for free, or at a very reasonable price...Right now is a very tricky and risky time to break into STRs for a few reasons:1. 

Don't be misled about markets like OKC, Tulsa, and Wichita . . . they putter along predictably at 2.5%-3% rates of appreciation (throwing out the Gov Induced Insanity of the past 3 years) but the ticket with this is that the appreciation is something you can take to the bank AND the fundamentals of the area are rock solid.

Now does that mean it's yet to come or there are fundamentals avoiding it?

But for those that have dedicated hundreds of hours studying the game like I have, you understand how much the fundamentals of poker transfer into negotiating and REI.

Ugly things eventually happen to LLs who fail to understand this fundamental truth of renting to poor people.Never outdress, never outdrive, never outcrib your tenants.