Hi @Greg Elkins - I own and self manage about 100 units in the Syracuse area. 

@Evan Leibovitz Personally I am a big fan of house hacking, however you will want to make sure that you don't overextend your self.  

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I'm self employed since 2014.  

I'm a passive LP investor who works overseas as a civilian defense contractor so I take full advantage of the FEIE(form 2555).

I self manage 7 units on the south side so my perspective…1.

Ideally, I would like to split the total revenue 60-40 in my favor because I would be doing all the self management duties of an STR.  

If I would have started with the boots on the ground 1st I would have saved my self tons of time. 

Also, the benefit for me is that when I'm in Texas working on my self storage items, I could stay there (and my son loves the pool). 

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