Until you find out how hard it actually is to find just one contractor who has time and is willing to spend half a day walking your property and giving you a "free" estimate.

Get a gander at your competition and see what they are offering and take it up a notch.You might check Fiverr or TaskRabbit (not sure for interior designer) and see who is out there.They should be able to help you out remotely and without spending a ton of dough.

But it stresses her out.

I'm not a huge fan of it personally but lots love it, check out Pace Morby on youtube.

•Any tips for maximizing house hacking opportunities in this area?

Reaching out to a few folks today.

It took us a couple of weeks but we slowly increased their rankings unit they were on page 1 (based on search parameters of course) and they got a 10 day booking soon thereafter.We use Price Labs to check out the date of the last booking.

Check out from Sept to Sept on this pic.

My one tip would be, its not about getting wealthy quickly, but more long term.

Then we live in the property for a year or so, and then rent the whole thing out.