Keep it easy to maintain.

I like to maintain everything that's is hardcopy in electronic form just in case.

Nonetheless, it looks like I used poor choice of words and it will not happen again.Thanks again and I look forward to connecting with you someday and also participate positively in your fine marketplace.Vinny Lopes

Sometimes house hacking doesn't always go positive, especially in an area like that.

Divide your excess up among those three columns as a positive entry with a date next to it in an adjacent column.

If you have negative CF, and put up a higher DP to get a positive MCF, all  you've done is pay all your negative CF upfront. 

Stay positive guys!

They will likely want to see him move into and take title to the house in order to make that work.If you are only looking at multi units the best path I see/ know of based on your current position is a 15% down payment on a Fannie Mae conventional loan which will max out at 2 units.

How should I be positioning myself financially before I start inquiring about the refi? 

Because you will have to get some good rent at that price to have positive cash flow.