And yes, I have contacted several people including emailing Jorge and have not heard anything back regarding a date. 

I have a couple of people that this has happened to, and you need to have it in writing and tied to the property to make it work. 

I've seen a lot of people try this, and they rarely use the home. 

But it is very risky and you can lose all of your properties if things go wrong.

How do they treat people that are close to them?

People often comment saying they are in Pricelabs every day "tweaking" their pricing.

But yes, now that we are here, maybe let him know that if things do not get up to date or cleaned up you will go to his superiors.When people are late right at the beginning, I let them know that the behavior is not acceptable and let them know there are consequences to that bad behavior. 

I bought a single family because I thought I could house hack in the same way as a duplex and in ways it certainly could have and did work but I didn't expect the relational aspects of having people living in a property I purchased.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: There are probably more experienced people on this type strategy who will hopefully chime in. 

Quote from @Juan Castillo: Most people "dream" of investing in real estate.