They have better resources for marketing and can reduce turnover time.

This seems like it could get very ugly, very expensive, and very stressful very fast.

The house hack is a great option to start with not just to build some cash flow or at least reduce your monthly cost for living expenses.

Make sure these are people that you can work well with and you know they can handle stress. 

Any external evidence that is likely to cause you to have to reduce rents in the immediate future?  

Sometimes they're assessed way too high and you can appeal the taxes and get them reduced. 

The fact that you can dramatically reduce your expenses house-hacking your own property is a plus itself :DAll I'm saying is that my me and my mother are currently house-hacking two amazing properties right now because we plan to hold these properties for at LEAST 10 years.

 I think there's definitely validity to this strategy as companies reduce their lease spaces in the coming years.

Hello All, Since interest rates are low, I'm considering refinancing which would reduce my monthly mortgage by 50% up to 67% depending on terms.  

I think one thing that helps us tremendously is that we have a checklist that we use with our clients that covers all of the items that should be in the house therefore reducing the possibility of having things stolen and not filing claims.