If I were still single, I would have definitely considered purchasing a 2-4 unit property to house hack.

Our 3 options are: A- buy cheap housing in small college town.

Those offers never came, one was supposed to be from an affordable housing nonprofit that had access to 4.5% financing, but they put us on ice for a few months while we waited for their slow board aproval process, and then they had some sort of organizational staffing shakeup and recently told us they couldnt put an offer in.

House was booked for the majority of June and July is looking to be the same.

I would say that house hacking is a great option to consider. 

However, you would have to make sure that you have been living on your current primary house for at least a year before acquiring your next primary purchase.

Hey BP gang, I wanted to check in to give a house hacking update.

Tampa and my 3/1 house in Seminole Heights.

You knew this going in and you still decided to buy this house.

The home was in a great neighborhood and the home was priced at a little under half of what the comps and next door neighbor's houses were valued at.