I've talked to plenty of guys who win at the rehab game.

We try to avoid this by working out win/win scenarios with current tenants needing to break their lease. 

@Santino LauricellaMaybe someone else can offer advice, but I would think that so long as the other tenant covers your mortgage payment (and maybe even some utilities), it would be a win for you as you'll be able to save money for another property while having your tenant build equity in the house-hacked property.Disclaimer, I've never house-hacked.

I won’t say that getting a monthly bonus check from KW hasn’t been nice.

Is there a good template you use to estimate the bonus depreciation of a property before you purchase?

I would probably do a deal for you to get a bonus after you hit a certain base amount of profit. 

We've got something where we're in a great position - to see long term appreciation on the asset - and cash flow throughout the term - it's a win already - but really something I think in 10 years we look back and are amazed at.

Either way it is a win for you and a win for them.

Discount points are paid to everybody "wins" (I can't really explain it, but if want to chat send me a message and we can discuss as best i can how the bond market works).  6 months doesn't quite make the cut, but I'm sure its a compromise as a consumer protection, getting to the 1yr owner occupation requirement, and allowing an owner to potentially resell (lets face it, you can't effectively "disallow" somebody from selling).I think the guildines to 6 months on Title is to protect the lenders and the secondary market. 

I have a lot of experience with seller finance (just closed on one this week) and the only ones that work are ones where both buyer and seller win.