Along with that, one of the best ways to start investing in multi-family properties is through a technique called "house-hacking". 

Learn the laws and screening techniques yourself and save the PM fee.

I think most landlords that believe they have short stay potential can do well with a long-short technique.

You obviously want to run these numbers and hopefully negotiate on your buy price based on the net present and future values but you already knew that :)BTW, this is a very common investment technique for private equities, hedge funds and most other savvy CRE operators.

Do you have an experience where you saw someone using my technique have any problems?

(List the days and times you'll be in the unit - even if it's something like Mon - Friday between the hours of x and x).Sincerely,YouThen, when she freaks out, just remain calm and do the broken record technique.  

There is some competition in the area.Assume typical bases have been covered: yard signs, Zillow/Craigslist and most of syndicated websites.What other tricks or techniques you use to boost traffic to your units?

Scenario 1 shows the HELOC technique, scenario 2 spread the effect of making the same monthly HELOC repayments to the mortgage instead.

I'd like to be able to replicate some successful techniques with an understanding that some variables will of course be different. 

Is this just a technique to get the highest and best out of someone before submitting the offer to the bank?