Over time, the benefits of house hacking, including potential rent increases and the ability to live affordably while building equity, can far outweigh the initial concern over under-market rents.Keep your focus on the long-term gains, and you'll likely find that house hacking is one of the smartest financial moves you can make.

I would get quoted a couple of different terms from a few lenders.

.), you can legally pay a referral fee on a commercial mortgage loan, as long as the referring source does nothing more than call you with a name and phone number of a prospective borrower.However, if the referral source — say, a commercial real estate broker — starts to negotiate terms (rate, points, term, etc.), then he is working as a commercial mortgage broker.

Usually, in a single-family long-term rental situation, the tenant is paying for all of their own utilities.

I am interested to here from short term lenders - bridge loans etc about what software or processes you currently use to manage your loan book. 

She will need a specialized insurance policy for short term rentals.

I'd also say it's not a problem to work with listing agents directly, as long as you know what you are doing - knowing the value well, having a good idea of the rent and class of neighborhood, etc.

My terms say one small dog is allowed.

When someone uses the term "dog" there is a good chance it is fake.Read these HUD Guidelines in detail about Emotional Support Animals.Based on HUD guidelines, we follow this process:  We tell all prospective residents that we follow HUD guidelines. 

I use the terms interchangeably.