I also sort of assumed that househacking means trying to minimize the expenses.I guess it really comes down to whether she's figuring her residence/unit in the income numbers.  

If the owner wants to be paid for the vacant units, they should fill them (with any associated expenses) and then market the property.As with any rental property, there is a 'normal' vacancy factor that the seller is going to minimize and the buyer is inflate.Owners wanting to be paid based on unrealized potential is much of what we are seeing in the MF space.

Depending on the net difference between the new kitchen floor and the adjacent room, you can buy a transition piece that will minimize the appearance.

The action to quiet title could delay things, your end buyer could get impatient and walk, and you could end up losing your deposit and simultaneously leave the seller in a bind.That being said, your contract may specify who gets to select the closing agent / title company (for example, in Florida, whoever pays for the owner's title policy normally selects the closing agent, and this is often the seller). 

Just make sure you narrow it down before you ask, to minimize that. 

And we use that as leverage along with bonus and delay fees per day etc.

One economic study expects that 66 percent of the population, or 2.5 billion people, will reside in urban areas by 2050.As young people finish school, they are increasingly delaying marriage, kids and mortgages, which had been seen as a rite of passage into adulthood for previous generations.

(Sorry for the delay, I somehow missed you message earlier.)Thanks for the encouragement about stepping away from the status-quo job.

Note that there are way to minimize this; if you are curious I'm happy to lay out tips, maybe in another post.2.

Hey Ray,Sorry for the delay responding.