So, you can make money and learn invaluable lessons with a HH, but it's typically a much lower risk strategy than BRRR'ing, flipping or wholesaling--which are strategies that (when executed poorly) can easily bankrupt a beginner.Moreover, house hacking can be very lucrative, and there are multi-millionaires who built their fortunes on repetitive house hacking.Now, having said all that, house hacking isn't necessarily easy (if it were, everyone would do it)...it's just easier than the more advanced strategies...House hacking still takes significant due diligence, skill in analyzing the market and the property, time and effort to learn about tenant screening and property management, the ability to anticipate appreciation/depreciation trends, etc., etc., etc....and even with lots of skill and preparation, things will still go wrong (vacancy, plumbing leaks, bad tenants, etc.)

Quote from @Anthony Ziccardi: @Wesley W.thank you for your response my lease does state all common areas must remain free from any personal belongings as well as they assume liability to any left or damage to personal property in carports and driveways.Should I call are for claims lawyers in preparation for a possible case@Anthony Ziccardi, I believe that a driveway or carport meant to be parked in would not be a "common area" as it is a "designated area" for specific activity specifically parking and charging.

I run it and it's a free event designed to help as much as possible.

So before anything, I recommend you find a GC who has experience in both design, regulations and construction of granny flats (ADU). 

So, to sum up a 5 year journey in a few sentences: My wife and I are putting the finishing touches on our design-build company, and are working on the systems used to manage investor projects.

You'll probably be using a broker too.. as you ask for their help see what type of market trends or sale records they can pull up for you.

Every day they come in with nice cars, fast food, designer brand clothing, newest smart watch, etc.

Then have them demand a 15 page report they designed from every HUD and every REO in the county.

Definitely nice to see how Podio functions with pre-designed apps and be able to start implementing Podio for our real estate business without an unnecessary learning curve.  

I use software I designed for this purpose so I'm consistent and fast.