It will make a great investment for someone willing to invest the money - just not a fit for us right now.Takeaways:For our first house hack, we've got two ways to go: 1) purchase turn-key. or 2) purchase a fixer-upper with strong fundamentals (i.e. the carpets are stained, and the place stinks, but the roof is in good shape).

I've read the books, blogs, surfed the web but wish I could see a side by side comparison for the various lending options.  

You will need to confirm this.I would also go to the City Data web site to see the demographic data. 

They line up very nicely with the MSAs where a lot of investors are now flocking because they feature high cap rates, even though those MSAs feature declining populations and other bad fundamentals.  

Has the immediate area been appreciating and do you believe it will continue based on fundamentals (and does your realtor agree)?

Happy Holidays BP Family,I'm working on my final graduation project at Illinois Tech focused on Web API/App development and I need you all's help. 

While I do not want to be doing these things for every one of my future properties, I think it's valuable to at least have some fundamental home maintenance skills, and  experience can often be the best teacher.So for you, I would still plan for the inevitable things that will go wrong and plan them such that you can outsource the work if you need to.

I was also thinking of making some sort of lead gen site myself, I have marketing and web design exp.

That is fundamentally what the lien process is all about. 

OUr state has a landlord.tenant guide on its web site.