While great for cashflow, may limit your exit stratgy.Also, How comfortable are you with the offer as well as the overall numbers on whether this will or will not cash flow? 

I will give you my numbers since we are 3 years into Velocity Banking.Home was purchased at $410k.Interest rate: 3.125%30 year termMortgage payment is around $1950 (includes insurance and property tax)HELOC: 8.25% Variable rate - current rateCredit Limit: $97kLet's say I made $10k a month and our expenses were $6k each month including the mortgage.

Cozy has been acquired by apartments.com, and will not let me sign up for cozy, and the functions seem limited.

It's a small place so I'd guess it won't rent for enough to cover your expenses anyway so I'd probably sell, especially if the loss is small, it unless it's in a great neighborhood that you think will do well over time. 

I know lots of installers don't do it, and I personally prefer the unimpeded look, but anything installed outside of the requirements of the material is probably going to be limited, i.e. the insurance company is not going to pay you because the material was not installed according to flooring requirements. 

Recently decided, to invest in a mobile home park but sold at a loss.

.- Many of these HCOL areas also have strict limitations on AirBnB or short-term rentals... that do not apply to owner-occupants - thus allowing for extreme cashflow potential for house-hackers.

@Steve Englehart why would you sacrifice the tax penalty losses for short-term cashflow gains?

I think that 2% may limit you to the east side of Cleveland though there are unicorns out there depending on your buying capability.I would also take a look at the Akron market as well as there is plenty of opportunity and many of oos investors do not even know to look there.

Common problem, no easy answer:(We try to allow our owner clients to arrange their own maintenance, but have learned the hard way there MUST be limitations:1) They can't hire our people!