You just may need to install an interior door that doesn't allow the upper tenant to access the lower unit.

I had a good paying position with a EV company that allowed me to build a good amount of reserves for investing.

New jersey allows rent control, If rent control is in place there may be a max you can raise. 

@Brian KemplerWell if you do not send a borrower CFPB compliant statements and they do not pay you are not allowed to collect interest, late fees etc…That’s kind of a big deal, atleast for me it is.

I literally was not allowed to view a duplex without a BA.

Are you only allowed to work for your employer/sponsor?

You can also keep everyone on a month-to-month rental agreement, allowing you to remove anyone with a 30-day notice.

AND when you are ready to move in, take down the wall and make it into your original house, OR BETTER YET, when you are ready to sell, sell it and it will likely command more money than your 5/3.This will allow you to keep the house until to can settle your feeling and make a decision on what you want to do.

The people living here are a nice family, with a large dog, that I allowed them to keep with certain rules.

Hello everybody!I am a husband, father, and full time poker dealer and rookie real estate investor currently living in my first house hack. I introduced myself here a few years ago when we relocated to Boston MA and w...