Option B would be ideal, but if you are doing a house hack on multifamily then just make sure it cash flows well in case vacancy or bad debt rates decrease. 

I believe this is a very fair item to consider in this, does the very action of standardized inspections decrease occurrences of "slum-lording" just by fact of inspection existence as potential violators know they will most likely be caught?

Your equity decreased by more than $200k, plus you lost $80,000 due to inflation.CD or Treasury Bills?

Demand has decreased for sure since early 2022, but we personally stay pretty booked, since our house offers three different sized units--a 4/2, which we book out for the big events like graduations and football weekends, the 3/1 side, which is great for small families and couples as well as groups traveling to town for work, and then the 1/1, which we only open up on weeknights between other reservations, and it usually books with a traveling nurse or someone coming to town for an interview or short work trip.

.#2 - Lower your rate during the week. but won't this decrease my ability to book weekends?? 

Even though, yes it is appreciating.Now, my question to the BP community...If I buy a house hack and it decreases my living expenses to $500/month, would you consider that house hack a liability or asset?

You can decrease issues by doing background checks if you do longer or mid-term rentals.

Even if I move to FL (there's a small chance I'd stay in the district in which my pay would increase rather than decrease, but I'm thinking conservatively), I'm content and otherwise mentally prepared to be an out-of-state landlord.

We may start to see a decrease in rising prices.

In other words, would Principal and Interest payments decrease?