@Hannah Bailey Congrats on taking the dive into REI.

If you have questions feel free to send me a PM and I can look deeper in to this for you. 

Using the BiggerPockets tools, I've found several great places that I can house hack in.Before I dive in, if anyone has any more advice on my specific scenario I'm all ears.

My husband and I are about to dive into real estate investing by house hacking on an FHA loan.

All trim painted white, walls offset colors of light gray or beige and one deeper color accent wall.  

Just dedicate a solid weekend to diving in and really learning all the systems so you know how everything works.Your Porter is next in line for me to try if SmartBnB doesn't work out for any reason.

I sold mine by calling every wholesaler/investor in the area lol Since this incident, i am less trusting of most people (professionally)- I prefer to do my own extensive amount of research before diving in.

Once cosmetics are taken care of you can get deeper in the weeds of things.

The first concern I had prior to diving into the numbers was the comps in the area.

With the stock indexes at or near record highs as mortgage rates remain near record lows, signs point to a busy fall housing market.Click below to take a deeper dive into monthly indicators for all of the ValleyMLS.com service area.