I gave up renting to roommates, 2 or 3 would easily qualify in your case, but it's very unstable.

I’ve talked to an agent and he literally kept trying to stear me into the direction of getting a condo or a townhouse and I’m not 100% sold on going that route being that there is more risk with roommate tension and higher vacancy issues.Thanks

I had a roommate in a 3 bedroom house that I owned who had her own bathroom at one point.

I bought a too big house and rented to roommates - people I interviewed and liked - and made my own rental costs $0.

Her friend/roommate does NOT.

You will gain experience being a landlord by renting out the rooms and dealing with tenant drama, home repairs, etc.Then in a year or so fully rent out that first property and repeat the process.If you don't want to actually live with the other roommates then I would look at an area like Hyattsville, MD and parts of Silver Spring, MD where a lot of houses are two level houses and often times with a second kitchen in the basement.

Can you take on a roommate in your basement or anything like that?

I currently have a roommate and collecting some rental income (also looking for possible guidance on shielding it from taxes) and looking to rent out the other spare bedroom for more rental income.

I fully intend to rent out several of the rooms, possibly in a Short Term situation through AirBnB type sites, some rooms to what I hope to be my daughters college friends that have Mom & Dad to foot the bill for them :) Aside from that using a small MultiFamily is a great idea as well as even doing a live in fix and flip, these are all ways to house hack and unless you just can't stomach having "roommates" or living next door to your tenants then I just can't see a downside. 

Im getting ready to pull the trigger, just have some concern about the safety and how hard it will be to find renters, roommates.