It's hard not to be emotional when house hacking becasue you're living there but think about other factors for you too, not just the cost.

One more tip – people remember stories that trigger their emotions.

I'm thinking of maybe just lumping them into a category under repairs or something but want to see if others have a It sounds like categorizing deductions under a ‘repairs’ category could work as a temporary fix, but it might not give you the full accuracy you’re looking for long-term.

I'd hate for a temporary dip in the quality of the tenant pool to be giving my landlord "spidey sense" false alarms on account of taking an extra month or two to fill a unit.

As it stands, I live in the master bedroom, I have had 1 long term tenant that has been with me since the purchase and the other 2 rooms have been listed on airbnb and have found some temporary tenants through mutual friends.

I like the idea of temporary free space rent!

A deal killer has no emotions.

Motivation is an emotional response to a circumstance, not the circumstance itself.Here’s the bottom line:You can’t target motivated sellers.

Many of the level 1 trauma centers will likely have a need for travel nurses, but the need for travel healthcare professionals in hospitals changes based on many factors: temporary shortage of staff in a particular unit, budget, patient census, conversion to per diem instead of travel contracts, etc.

Since you're so close to Loyola and not too far from Northwestern, I imagine you might have a pool of people who need temporary furnished housing while they study, do a medical rotation, or travel in the medical industry.