It does take work and may help to have some luck. 

The house may need some work and I would like to get a jump on that before I schedule an inspection. 

Once you know this one number (the dollar per square foot price), you can literally just divide any priced house by the size and know how close it comes to being profitable.You might ask, “how can that work?” - and

Another option is to split the cost based on the number of occupants in each unit but this also means you'll need to adjust the charges as tenants move in/out, so it requires more work and I wouldn't recommend it.

One took 3 years of hard work and the other took 26 years of hard work.

I hear a lot of people say that 'house hacking' in higher priced markets does not work and I'll point them to this post.

I don't believe that they are a "predatory" TK company like some others in Indianapolis, but I do think that they may be somewhat inexperienced and take some shortcuts that may be passed on to their clients.

If it's A or B, I may be more inclined to figure out a way to make it work and keep it.

Keep up the great work and keep pushing forward!

For a local move if you are on a budget rent a uhaul and get some help and pay with pizza and drinks from friends or what ever floats their boat.After your inspection period start working on planning your work and a rough timeline of how things will flow.