We have been pondering the idea of house hacking. 

I am very new to the space and brand new to the bigger pockets platform.

Hey everybody, I am new to the bigger pockets forums so I just wanted to introduce myself.

However; the costs are high to retain all the personnel needed, etc.

First off, huge congrats on making the jump! 

SMS does NOT solve the motivation of the seller challenge.   

Hello Steven, welcome to the forums!

Hi Erin, welcome to the community! 

Is that just finding the contact information for the owners I want to contact or is it more like filtering the results of the list builder to suit my parameters?

In the absence of an appraisal, when purchasing buildings that include the cost of the underlying land, you must allocate the total purchase price between the land and the buildings to determine the depreciation basis for the buildings.