Paul,House hacking will complicate your tax return.Your property can be treated as both an investment property and a personal residence.

@Bryce McBride Calculating the ROI on a personal residence can be complicated. 

Improvement 1031 Exchanges are much more involved, more complicated and have additional costs. 

Until a few weeks ago, our plan was to go the BRRRR route, but we came to the conclusion it might be too complicated and risky to do so from the other side of the big pond.

Keep running numbers - ask RE agent for all properties sold in the area in the last three years so you can run your own comps.Don't get caught in Analysis Paralysis ... following these steps makes it complicated and the first deal is scary but once you've closed one you realize it's not complicated.

Last year for 2019, I made more than enough to be able to refinance however this year my income has dropped due to COVID.My first option would be to refinance with a traditional loan, however, due to a complicated tax situation, I had to amend my 2019 taxes and now I am at the mercy of the IRS to give me my return back.

That is exactly the way I thought to go about it and then second-guessed myself, thinking, should it be more complicated interest-wise?

Not everyone wants to be involved in the complicated process of selling a home.

My wife, only because I am already in marriage business with her anyway and no other business can be more complicated.

The exact mechanics of how it is calculated can get complicated though.