hoping to learn from all you guys that already made it 

Some cities are now giving you money in the form of a loan to help build ADU's, which is great.

But, if you pay utilities, it might make sense to add a bit for the extra water / electricity.Personally, I would use this as an opportunity to tear up that 3 year lease. 

Having a real estate license is NOT required to be a successful real estate investor.IMO, it can help though!

There is a better forum for this under Real Estate Strategies called Buying & Selling Small Businesses.

Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.

Closing today on a duplex, all in 90k, rents 900/900, value about 130k This is my norm.

This type of property has the chance to cashflow, even highly leveraged, in a market where cashflowing properties are quite difficult to find.Could house hacking a property like this work while I am going to school? 

I haven't run any numbers on this, but I've seen similar setups and at some point you are really just ahead the month. 

Quote from @Joshua Michael Hauman: Hey BP Community,I've got a friend who is a veteran and asked for my help to get into investing and I'm more than happy to help him out however there a concern that came up.