Zillow is saying the house is worth $90k but recently a tree went through the back end of it and I was hoping to get some information on possible ideas or suggestions on what I should do about the situation.

It is like you and I are arguing about there being life on Mars, we go to Mars, and I SHOW you an alien that is shaking your hand proving to you there is life on Mars yet you still argue with me that it is not possible because of x, y, and z, when the alien is shaking your hand!

Your aim starting out should be to get the best reviews as possible and use guest feedback to make improvements as you go.

I have a few follow up questions:1) What's an example of "get referrals and cross reference them to get as much accurate information as possible"? 

Due to the current interest rates, you probably can't live for free, but you can definitely learn how to house hack in that first year, reduced your personal housing costs, learn the rent by room/co-living strategy on-site, and then probably break-even after move out, but most importantly, it is possible to make that work in 2025 with today's rates.It just takes being open-minded and willing to be flexible for the 1st year.  

I should probably add, that I do the same thing here: most of what I bought in the last 3 years does not much better than break even, but I am buying in the best possible neighborhoods that still work as a rental.

That’s great advice Taz, I’m currently working on saving enough money to get started, house hacking is hard for me at the moment because I just bought a house 2 years ago, I would have to sell my house(which is in a great neighborhood great location) and use that money to fund the duplex which isn’t totally out of the question, I would like to keep the house if possible but also would like to get real estate investing more.

Personally, I'm a big fan of house hacking and usually recommend that as the way to get started if possible.

For me, it started with Think and Grow Rich too—it shifted my whole perspective on what’s possible.

The transfer of bookings is possible because we're going with the same co-hosting/PM.