They will be motivated to get a buyer on the current listing and list your current place. 

What price or what terms would make the difference and offer what actually make sense not their listing price. 

Vacancies are down to almost nothing and we are starting to accumulate a wait list. 

Are their listings detailed with good-quality photos?

"The bidding starts at <60% FMV>"4) After you get some bids on Sunday and the open house is over, you start going through the bidder list and calling everyone bu the highest bidder offering them to outbid the highest bidder.5) You repeat step #4 until you bid up the price as high as you can.6) Meet with highest bidder and take a non-refundable deposit (specify this as a "condition" of the bid auction). 7) Close.The idea here is if the highest bidder flakes out, you still have a list of other bidders, everyone just $500 or so lower than the highest bidder.

Saw one property listed in Dallas that looks like a match to your property (3/1, 2900 ft2) . . . is that the one you are looking at? 

House hacking is MANY investors initial approach to real estate investing and rightfully so due to all the benefits of it.

The fact is that you have a list of requirements for renting from you, that you present to each applicant and marriage status is not on that list, supports your argument.

Per Diem must be provided for every 24 hour period to include the initial period if it is expected to be longer than 48 hours.

I’ve run some numbers with a current real estate listing, but it seems hard to find a house with positive cash flow.