I am looking to house hack, but I am having issues finding the right markets in Northern California that have good population growth or at least a market that has a steady stream of tenants.

It's also helpful to get a read on someone you have to be neighbors with if you're a house hacker.Here are the questions I typically ask a tenant at a showing/inspection, and a number of the wild/helpful/interesting answers I've received over the years as an investor/agent.  

I currently live in my house in SW Washington that I purchased with a USDA loan in 2013.

I put in really high end materials on this one, brought in subs to check every single corner of the house and overall did a really good rehab (At least this was the feedback everyone left).

I am planning to buy a Single Family home by the end of the year and intend on "house hacking" (roommates).

hello-q: i hope that you have quite the plethora in information about the decide to..build a square space (office like in function) right next to house-to have "reason space" to work from home ('i am forced to work from home bcs of having parent who survives a stroke-cared for on/in house property, bcs putting her instead in assisted living-wouldn't be more affordable/feasable, and many states (california being one) are willing to help loved one(s) to age/stay in place as reason to build these extra spaces in/on property..putting her in the situation as more benefitting i am researching the state orgs to find out what to do=being as stellar the careful/accurate as i can with gathering as to what to do..including the obtain of funding per any grants.and trusting that having your consultation has us getting away from issue/noise over just purchasing/happenstance model in default assisted: residential (multi bed home stead-with all the red tape & fees/tax justify better?

Land   my target market for infill it has taken me 2 years to land a lot that will work.. put it into escrow last month..  900k spec house. 

Back in 2008 when I was sued by a seller, yes a seller, for $2,000,000 for a house I bought in 2001 (let that sink in) he sold me the house in 2001 and sued me in 2008, I thought it was a joke.

It would be even better if you can get something that you can easily house-hack like a SFH w/ an efficiency attached to help out with the mortgage.

So I have the impression it can really change depending on who you ask. it's not 90k. whoever says that doesn't know how to build. we just built a 668 sq ft house and it was more than that without the land and no garage below it. no way it's that low.