Would the intent of the buyer's non-refundable, earnest money deposit be on the assignment fee, payable to me, or for a deposit on the purchase price of the house.  

What of Fair Housing or is that just when it's being advertised for rent and insurance can do what they want, which is what they do anyway.Well, in any case, renting to a "student" isn't necessarily under the 25 age group. 

I think they may be connected as the owner of ConnectLinx was bragging about a new student housing partnership, which, ironically, ShowMojo had just publicized on their feed.  

I’m looking to start BRRRRing once I develop my portfolio and get some skin in the game.

If you have just one long-term tenant in your house hack duplex, and you're taking a $30,000 guru course on making money from assisted living or storage facilities or on running a syndication - it is probably not deductible under Section 162. 

I even called a city inspector who had been through the house and got an idea of internal condition. 

I would lean towards holding and doing anther house hack if you can.

My first Airbnb was a room in my house that brought in $1500 a month. 3 years later I have 7 Airbnbs that collectively bring in $12-14k.

., I always found that the steepest part of my learning curve as I transitioned from SFR to STR to Commercial land development and MF (all using 1031 exchanges) was learning what "didn't translate" from the prior type. 

I've been reading through the posts and seems like this is the place to be for RE stuff.I house hacked my way into my current primary residence, put significant work into renovations, and am ready to move for several reasons.