As you look for a new lender, look for one that matches your investment strategy and can decrease the friction of buying as much as possible.

- seeing a lot of people find success with the STR-->MTR strategy

Part of my strategy, as everyone's, is to expand my network.

I'm a developer, landlord, flipper looking for a long-term CPA to work to grow the business by setting the optimal tax strategies in place.

Quote from @Carrie Matuga: @Namal Burman San Diego is one of the top House hacking markets, if that is an options for you, it might be worth looking into.Can you please elaborate on Housing Hacking strategy you are referring to?

Current rates do not help your case around cash flow, but I like the strategy you are promoting for room to room rentals.

Buy/hold strategy.

Therefore, the efficient strategy they pursue in order to achieve them may differ.  

I'm curious if my living in the house before converting it is going to prevent me from leveraging this tax strategy.

For example if I want to utilize the BRRRR strategy I will eventually need to pull out cash to reinvest.