But I don't what to waste my time showing the property and sifting through applications that I know won't cut it.Thanks in advance BP community!

I think it's also important to think about where your tax rate is going (likely up given your increase in income and individual tax cuts set to expire in 2025).

I asked one of the guys there and he said the equivalent of "if we don't cut the board to the right length, we just do it again."

But, I know that I'm just cutting my teeth into REI, and this may be an obstacle to the uninformed.

One of the common complaints I’ve seen from guests is having to wait in long lines for the front desk or the staff not being friendly which is why I just cut all of that out with a smart lock.

But, as with any good, the downside is you are going to be paying a premium; there is a lot of in and out of state investment in Lakewood and I've found the market too competitive to cut my teeth on. 

You want to turn it into a 4 family, which requires 8 parking spaces, and furthermore, you want to go 2 stories above the allowed height, and you want to cut down the setbacks from 20 feet to 5 feet.

Really the power the house hacking comes from cutting your living expense each month.

I am very much against taking high cost classes from "gurus", but in this case, is there some training out there that cuts out the BS and would be very beneficial to invest in?

Most of the PMs working in the area are taking a 30 to 50% cut.