I asked the servicer if I would be able to assume another in the future and I was told this would not be an issue as long as I qualified financially!

@Tomas NunoInvesting in real estate with house hacking is smart, but there are issues to think about since you work outside the US most of the year and stay in California for a short time.

Transaction costs, seasoning, pre-payment penalties, DTI impacts, minimum lending requirements (more than 50-60k), and a long list of other issues make this a bad strategy.Buy 1 and see how it goes.

Go right ahead... burn your money, others have more common sense! 

Potential for tenant issues and vacancies.

I'm dealing with one now, example of issue: They want hand rails going down to the basement from the outside cellar doors.

They finally signed, so the issue was resolved, but thank you for your reply Ray.  

The APP itself lately has been having issues randomly.

e.g. absentee, tax liens, probate, compliance issues, or simply overgrown / abandoned.

So, I would assume that if there is any issues with the sewerage, it would reveal itself within first year and I wouldn’t need the $195 inspection.