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. 

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

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

But I also love the idea of investing in real-estate and utilizing its tax benefits I have read around 10 ish books or so and the one I am reading right now recommended this site I am looking for some advice of things I can do to either prep for an investment into real estate and or do right now.

. #3: onshoring base-line manufacturing (a) creates more employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled labor (b) creates more employment opportunities of jobs that elevate and train unskilled too skilled labor  (c) raises base-line wages and benefits via competition for unskilled labor (d) elevates the entire economic chain via more domestic circulation of $ and (e) less exporting of USD #4: stopping illegal immigration defends and protects legal immigration.

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

I would benefit from this program because it would decrease my 1:30-2 hours commute down to under 30 minutes.

Quote from @Ian Ippolito: Quote from @Michael Plaks: Quote from @Ian Ippolito: Quote from @Rud Sev: 3) Unless you're doing a 1031 exchange  at the end or similar tax structure to defer taxes, you will have to *pay back* all that depreciation benefit at the end (on sale...which for you is in 5 years)  via depreciation recapture.

Is there a benefit to foreign national loans for a US citizen with a US credit score (the 791 I mentioned in the original post is my American score)?

That feature is bundled in a Resident Benefits Package I have as an addon through Second Nature.