Look for a community of active owners who are determined to curate a great place to live.  

I will live in the home for 1 year and then reevaluate whether to make it a cash flowing rental or simply flip it.

Since I live in California I was wondering if anyone have experience on here regarding forming a Real Estate Fund or know of anyone that does? 

Actually Doug most of them were living in their Mothers garage and well found this system and they are now driving lambos etc.. its a common housing situation for the guru ..

I am feeling less and less comfortable giving this company a penny of yours.  

Are you analyzing the deal as a rental after you move out, or just while you are living there?

- My Lender suggests I live in the home for a year or so to benefit from the lower interest.

It may be tough to find a property manager, and I would expect that you'll have a few additional fees when it comes to the rent by room strategy.I'd encourage you to think about managing the property yourself when living there as the landlord, and would be happy to share some of the do's and don't's that I ran into self managing a few house hack properties. 

It turned out that the tenants did not ventilate the apartment while they did their living/business.

@David Nino three buildings that make up 14 units, a W2 in a state I don't live in.