Fire rating exterior walls on structures like these would be another expensive requirement that would continue to drive up the cost housing which is the last thing we need.Here's the code section I found Exception #2

The tenant has been a problem from the beginning, such as behind in rent for a year, buys a brand-new Jeep, lies about ex-husbands job, child support, court cases, etc...Now, the house needs a new deck, so I went up to inspect it.

The price of the properties I intend to house hack in my college town located in Abilene Texas near Fort Worth ranges from 150k to 200k.

I moved from Florida to start investing in Columbus because of the same reason.https://www.zillow.com/learn/hottest-housing-markets-2024/There are some great opportunities in the Ohio markets.

Nobody wants to stay in the house hack.

Switching online services is unfortunately not an option because the large majority of house seekers use zillow.

DMs and reaching out online is one thing but getting out there to meetups with other investors and boots on the ground at open houses, etc is a great way to get involved.

With mortgage rates being so high, we'd like to do an all-cash purchase in a house with a good balance between cash flow and appreciation.

That means you need to bring another 40k to the table at the refi cause you'll have a bridge loan of 240k to payoff.Now you'll own a 320k house with 80k equity in it making 150 cash/month.You wanna look for better deal spreads. 

And, if that is the goal, then you will continue to the same general finishes and paint colors in most flips.