Spend ALL of your free time educating yourself, erase the social media apps from your phone and live on BP, podcasts etc. 

I know I was frazzled the day they came in with their sales pitch, but point was they were professional - we verbally discussed "staging apps for online photos" and "candles, scents" for showings.Come to find out; all that is for listings that are for sale, not rent.

Would the balance on our HELOC's impact our DTI too much or would we just make it clear on the loan app that the refi would be used to pay off that HELOC debt?

We use an iPhone and maintain 100% occupancy.

So, you could certainly use the associated app to manage the pin codes remotely.

y first meet up in Westchester was pretty cool. go on to meetups (the app) type in rei or real estate investor there is one in the city I think tomorrow or wensday . if you find it let me

I have deleted the app on my phone and reloaded it.

What other numbers or contact info did he provide on his rental app? 

I'm not sure why, but my tags don't always stick while using the mobile app.

Hey man, I'm not from your area but as a new house hacker myself, I'd say plunge right in & find a good agent.When you say you're a few grand off, that few grand might be in some "nice to have" vs needed renovations in an undervalued property that you can do little by little over your at least 1 year of "seasoning" living there..Maybe one with an inherited under market tenant (in my experience now it was more the former landlord being a jerk vs this guy being a "problem") that can hold you over...The quicker you can get the work done on your place, the more secure you can feel in the power chair where if this tenant really is the problem, you get him/her/them out, move in, & get back to work only now renting your portion At market value...The craziest part that I've realized, being such a newb in this game is that even if the house hack isn't perfect numbers wise (meaning you're still paying some money out of pocket with this inherited tenant), the majority/all of that money you're then "paying" is to yourself...It's such a mind warp to pay a mortgage on the same schedule (although the bank actually gives you 15 days vs 5) and similar cost to when & how you paid rent but then gather not only the assistance from the renter, but also then see literally EVERYTHING (minus only interest the bank is charging you) go right back to you...I use the mint app now to track my "net worth" now & watching it go up every month much more then the $300 I'm paying out of pocket for the hack (even with my remodel expenses) has been mind blowing...Maybe that's where that couple "extra grand" can come from over your seasoning year...Go get it bud!