My tenant moved out a couple of days ago, and when I walked through the unit, I discovered that he had removed the curtain and curtain rod, detached the room air conditioner, and caused significant scratches on the hardwood floor from the metal bed frame legs.

So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?

@Josh Cocker, just another note, typically, the more units, the closer to cash flowing you will get, so if you are only looking at duplexes, I would look more into quads.To echo Nicholas' comment, when I think about house hacking, particularly when I was living in one of the units, the key is that your NET cashflow should be better.  

I'm here in California $35 a trip and I have a couple of big trees. no risk no reward!

Ended up selling for higher than expected which makes us want to return to the neighborhood for another one!

Also, if you are willing to have a couple of points that will buy down the rate further.

Just writing off your chipotle burrito for just you isn't usually a write off! 

I also have section 8 in a couple and it’s a bit of a carp shoot.  

Usually you want to provide yourself enough time to onboard your new pms before completely dumping your old pms.

However, now that we’re heading into fall, we can see that 2024’s summer selling season was slower than 2023, with closed sales in Austin down around 16% compared to last year.