My parents stopped by today and now she has a roommate.     

In addition, does anyone know the status of all of the planned redeveloping of that 'downtown' area.I am considering either renting it or possibly owner occupying and getting a roommate, but am hesitant due the distance from work.

That might prevent you buying a big house and having a half dozen roommates.  

Although HOAs can be a pain in the butt you can make them the bad guy when enforcing the rules If you will househack w a SFH make sure its a good layout if you’re planning to have roommates.

3 roommates that pay 71% of mortgage and 58% of the bills Lessons learned?

Im looking at this property in 2 ways...1) Currently i am looking for a new place to stay that is closer to my W2 job, which this property is about half that distance and time away and plenty of space for myself and possible house hack roommate. 2) I could potentially purchase the house as a rental, the numbers seem to make sense, just unsure how its affected with the history of settlement claim on the property.. 

I co-leased a house with a friend, and he wants to add a third roommate.

Go to college or trade school and house hack (get a house and roommates). 

It was a 1 bedroom, 1 bath, and I was excited to not have roommates any more.

I only have one rental and my primary house with a room mate paying me rent.