In my 30 years, I have seen where franchisor’s have deals where you may have reduced or no royalties for a period of time or until a certain weekly sales average are met - but not often.  

Just by joining you are taking the first step to financial freedom.House hacking is an incredible way to get into buy and hold real estate investing with a relatively low financial barrier to entry… plus the added benefit of reducing housing costs!

I pay a small premium to fix the rate and term, but I reduce my risk of interest rates rising. 

The last few weeks (maybe months) have been stressful and at times exhausting.

Having a single bath unit also reduces your pool of potential tenants.  

Even a 5% return on your money would put your way over that without the stress of a rental

If you can find someone to do this it does help, but I can’t stress enough how much you learn simply by making mistakes over the first few months of self managing.

Explain the potential tax advantage of spreading the seller carry portion of cap gains over additional years to reduce tax exposure in 1 single year plus the interest of course!

Why spend your money on it, that will only reduce your profit. 

Get your ducks in a row by speaking with lenders and agents and work on getting your team together and this will help alleviate some of the stress as you can rely on these professionals to aid you as you begin your RE journey.If I may ask, what has you overwhelmed?