all materials, all labor costs to others, Not you, utilities, interest payments, permits, licenses, auto/truck expenses, tools needed are all deductable. 

The wrong tenant can lead to non-payment, evictions, and property damage.

By house hacking, you're immediately positioned as a landlord, which will adequately pressure you to learn how to structure your leases, screen applications, collect rental payments, resolve the nuances of managing tenants and addressing property issues, etc.

Also we felt we were going to make more self managing than with the payments they were offering.

This is from the BP rental calculator and is exactly what I'm wanting to see, just with extra payments each month. 

There was also a loan grant available from the state of NH for first time home buyers for 3% down payment assistance.

This way the payment never fluctuates.2.

As far as payment, all I wanted was my time covered and I charged a lousy $100 a month.

We refinanced and cashed out all our renovation budget plus $5,000 and actually kept monthly payment the same as rates had dropped.

If tenant below is paying 1,500/m he's living in area he wants for roughly 750/m P/I payment.