I am following a buy and hold strategy.  

House hacking is indeed a smart strategy to lower your living expenses and start building your real estate portfolio.

One key thing to note is your exit strategy - specifically, how do you plan on paying back the HELOC?

The latest new and existing home sales data suggest that buyers are taking advantage of increased inventory — and in some markets, lower prices — to act on purchases that they may have deferred for several years.Price growth surprises.

D) which of these two strategies would have the better resale potential?

I do spend time there @Chris Watson, but I wrote a specific algorithm a years ago the scrubs the internet for data I input.

Overall it looks like you captured the key data, I would include a row with % for each expense to calculate off of so you can see what your assumptions are easily or change them.

That being said, this data combines several key areas around Boston proper to provide statistically relevant data; it is less likely for big swings from individual towns.

Both strategies work as long as the numbers make sense.

I need a strategy on how to build wealth over the next 10 years....I currently have around 40k in stocks and looking for some insight.I am from the Columbus, GA area, and once I graduate college I will be making 44k a year.Please answer!