My oldest child will start college in the fall and based on current finances with the house obligation, our family financial contribution is just doable.

I would love to meet up with some other BP members in the western DFW area (Dallas if a long drive, but might be doable).

So it's do-able...just a lot more difficult.

Its totally doable and requires you having a good idea of where you will settle down.  

Seems perfectly doable and after looking around in south FL I have gathered most people are already into it.The simplest house hacking method is to buy a property with 2-4 units, live in one and rent the others.Up to 4 units is still considered a non-commercial property.This let's you put down 20% on conventional loans and 3.5% on FHA loans.That's the golden ticket for house hacking.Buy a 4 unit using 3.5% down, live in one (cheapest one), rent the other 3.

It is easily doable with the caveat you will have to close all 7 concurrently.

Expenses are critical in factoring if the deal is doable. 

Totally doable!

Not for the faint of heart but doable with some good legal help.

It’s not quite as easy as some other markets but it’s very doable, especially if you’re willing to get a little dirty.My main profession is Financial Planning and We also have a number of lenders we work with as well as hard money.Let me know if you want to talk.Adam