Welcome to BP, Clovis!

Hi @Tim Holt I think in general house hacking is usually a good move because it gets you off the sidelines and into the game with the most favorable financing possible (30 year fixed).There's a lot of value in getting started today vs waiting some undefined number of years until conditions are better, which could be a long time from now, because real estate is a business and the sooner you start actually learning about that business, the better.With all that said, I always recommend that people analyze any potential house hack as a pure investment that they aren't going to live in, because someday they may want to move out and you should know up front (before you commit) whether you're going to be able to do that, or whether you're overpaying and will be stuck in the property unable to move out because it'll be cash flow negative if you do.So you had it exactly right when you wrote, "the property would need to cash flow when I move out and rent out all units."

Not disputing your experience and I'm sure your agent is great.However, the Goosehead model is designed for the local agent to sell and the corporation to service.

While he may not have money to invest...there are multiple ways he can still derive income from real estate. 

This is a passive way of earning with real estate-based security, protection and insurance. 

I know UTK typically has freshmen in the dorms first year so it may be tricky.

You need to qualify.

The ones in the Facebook groups seem to be scammers. 

is that being sent to county clerk?

I get a lot of people who start off with the idea of JC becuase of how close it is to NYC.