Josh is very well organized and presents a lot of information well. 

Hi Matt,I'm in a similar situation as you were and wondering how this strategy worked for you or if you found any better ways to organize the finances for the house hack without the rent covering the mortgage?

Did you feel like living directly across the street from the school was a benefit to the renters or did the traffic make it a potential minor deterrent?

Yes, I live in Boquete Panama and I own a small organic coffee farm so I know that business too. 

The cash flow from the properties I am looking @ are low..The buildings are all under performing on what they could potentially get for rent..I see a lot of room for growth and cash flow on these properties, especially with two major projects in the village getting ready to be completed -more jobs and more foot traffic to Main Street are on the way..Carbon copy of Hudson and early 2000’s... Advice, buying a building that wouldn’t maximize for 15 to 24 months ??

I generally advise my clients to skip properties that are near main street traffic or commercial buildings/stores.

Toledo REIA and PIN (Toledo Property Investors Network) are both professional organizations that might help further your education and networking locally.

You could raise your rates by $1 a night if you don't want it to impact your cashflow.As for linens not on beds: imagine a family packing for a vacation and cramming everything in a car, dealing with screaming kids on the trip, dealing with nightmare traffic and finally getting to the place and unpack all the crap. 

I have a few properties in high traffic areas with at I plan to utilize by putting up some “we buy houses type signs”.

After the rewrite it still wasn't pulling much traffic so I signed up for the primo backlink pkg with seomeetsrei.