I've closed on 2 SFHs sight unseen in Indianapolis.

Ideally, I would like a traditional duplex for a long-term buy and hold position.This will be our first home purchase so I want to make a solid decision.Duplexes are going very fast in my area with multiple sight unseen offers just hours after posting.

Reading them can help you understand the principles, strategies, and best practices involved in successful house hacking endeavors.

When people are not skiing, they are hiking, sight seeing, shopping, and tubing. 

The principle portion was $1500+ the first month.

Those people were buying sight unseen and not doing their home work, they were not flying in to see where their houses were going to be located, they didn't have boots on the ground, they only had the turn key provider and their services.

With the blanket loans say you want to break one out and sell one you will have to pay back 120% of the balance assigned to the property towards the principle of the loan 

Hosts have lost sight of how to run a business and are just an ancillary arm of Airbnb. 

His pivot towards new construction might seem surprising at first, but it aligns perfectly with his principles.

Not only that but when you are in a portfolio loan and would like to for example sell one and break it out then most lenders will want to be paid back 120% of the balance attached to that piece of property back into the principle of the loan