Zillow says its worth $240,000, which I think is low, and would rent for over $2,000.

Quote from @Miguel Del Mazo: @Bonnie Low I went to check out MiniStays a while back, and it seems like a good site. 

Get a firm quote before committing.If appreciation is low, ensure rents are strong enough to justify the effort. 

You lose because there are many other suckers out there falling for the same line and sharing the same low-quality leads that don't translate into sales.Do the math.

Believe it or not there are still a few "old-school" counties but those are few and far between and the volume is low.

Those are spray and pray techniques that don't fit with sellers right now because sellers/owners are sitting on a very low rate and don't want to move to go up 4-5 points on their rate.Listings aren't a start now thing as well.

The problem is: A traditionally financed low-down payment house-hack with traditional long-term rents simply won't cash flow during occupancy, or after, in many MCOL-HCOL markets in the US. 95% leverage at even 5.7% just won't work in a lot of cases right now.

Locally my observation is that the need is more for low income young and working vs college student.

House hack another property with a low down payment loan and use the remainder or the proceeds to either renovate or purchase another investment property?  

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