Quote from @Roxanne Whitaker: Please be aware if you buy an investment property and do not live in MD, when you go to sell it you will pay an 8% tax at settlement. 

Housing is one of those things that people like to scream about, but the reality is that there are more than enough places for everyone to live.

If I were investing in eastern WA, or where my extended family lives in Pennsylvania, those 100k houses in good condition are a real thing there.  

I don't know your living situation but if your paying x,xxx for rent or a mortgage and instead by living in one side and renting out the other you will be paying y,yyy instead and y is less then x that's great, especially if you can rent out your primary residence and make income there too. 

Answering your phone calls while watching the games does not turn your living room into a home office.14-day free rent aka Augusta rule loophole.

When you sign almost all mortgage closing packages, you are signing an Occupancy Clause that states you are intending to live in the home for 12 months.  

I have lived in the US for about 10 years. 

It always seems the people that don't live in CA or have ever lived in CA are always the one leading the bandwagon of "why would anyone live in CA?".

@Jarrod OchsenbeinIt's great to hear that you are succeeding with the co-living model.

@Ken M. we live in one, it has an attached unit, but with a door that passes through from both units.