This tenant currently lives in my property with a roommate and they are both equally responsible for the rent.

The first house I bought, I lived there rent free, AND mortgage free, while renting rooms to other people.

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I live in palm coast... let me know when you're in town.Tyson 

You start by mentioning your age... you'd need everything to go just right for the rest of your life to make, best case, $400 or less additional each month net cash flow. 

Quote from @Allison Cutlip: Hi all, My boyfriend and I are buying our first home that is a duplex, planning to live in one unit and rent the other side.

Where do you live?

We would buy a house live in it for 2-3 years then on to the next and rent the old one out.

HELOC can be good for this situation - then you can pay it down and use it again for other life events etc. 

I live in Matthews just a little south of Charlotte