This is helpful because they will often answer many of the questions (for example, "it's me and my roommate and we're looking to move in by April1 ) so it doesn't leave me with so many questions to ask. 2) It gives me information about what is most important to them so I can be sure to highlight any characteristics of the apartment that match their most important desires.

Paul Cordero by boarder income do you mean the roommates I have in my primary residence?

The added cash was great and we moved back in and rented the bottom unit for 9 months We repeated this process for a number of years but just the bottom unit ( it was tough living with in laws)  my friend was single and would rent his house out for over $10,000 for summer rent from a friend and then have roommates all year Another great house hack.just wanted to share with those staring out that there a plenty of ways to make the most out of your real estate choices 

I should start out with a house and rent out the other rooms that way I live there with the roommates and I can monitor things closely as a landlord.

In 2018 I decided to start a Real Estate Investment company with my dad and my old college roommate and so far everything is working great.

*This is more important if you're "renting by the room" with roommates than if you're "Renting by the unit" in a multifamily or a single family with your own private kitchen and entrance.

I have a roommate who pays me $750 cash/month.  

I’d let the other roommates know if that one is smoking to get ahold of you immediately and if at all possible maybe you can go right over if you instate a no smoking policy.

My plan is to house hack by owner-occupying one side with a roommate and (hopefully) living for free.

However the main issue im seeing is that for a unit of this size it will take longer because you either need 4 roommates or a pretty large family.