An out of the box thought - buy your next primary residence or retirement house. 

Hi Everyone,I am new to real estate investing and am looking to house hack in the DMV area.

Then a second bigger house sometime down the road). 

I’m thinking about selling one of my debt free rentals to pay off the loan of the new house – thus erasing the $3500/month loan payment.

I would be Uber pissed off if one of my neighbors started to use their house as a STR. 

AND try to find a market where you do not have to compete as much with 2nd home demand - a place where people go to vacation but is not top of mind for a rich guy's vacation home destination (ski town, lake house, etc.).If you are asking for the secret market that returns 20% cash on cash without any renovation or difficulty, that doesn't exist.

I just bought a house in los angles and can only afford the mortgage if I get roommates.

Being a first time home buyer and owner occupant I was able to put 5% down on a house hack property.

The house hacking benefit.

We still have the house and paid it off a few years ago.