No one can predict the future, all you can do is plan for a less-than-perfect one.

Many houses do sell well over ask but that's not true for them all and I just saw a property pop up this morning as "price decrease" on the MLS that would work perfectly for house hacking. 

Some investors try to find the “perfect agent” with access to off-market deals, amazing opportunities, and so on.

If you want to live closer to the commercial strip and find a perfect duplex there, you'll have success with the tenant pool that also wants to live nearer to the commercial strip.In terms of SFR vs MF pro's and con's, a single-family home will have a larger resale market when you want to sell; more people are shopping for houses than duplexes.

We got a great deal on it, making it a perfect wholetail deal.

In a perfect world of renting all rooms out 100% of the time, I would be bringing in $3,500 per month, which offers significant cash flow above and beyond my PITI of $1,930.

Jon Holdman put everything perfectly.

But if you wait for the perfect property to go it alone on, then you'll just be waiting for years in my opinion.  

They started out 100% perfect condition and they get cleaned/checked every week.

Although this is nothing fancy, this should work perfectly with the limited amount of phone calls we are getting until we are able to increase our marketing budget.I also realized this weekend that we are not writing any offers.