I live, work, and operate in a traditional vacation market and a booming up and coming city, Tampa FL. 

They could easily be owner occupants who need a place to live.

Jupiter, Florida is another avid golfer area, since Tiger Woods lives there.

@Michelle Mayfieldwherever you live - or markets you can spend time in - is the best place to do it

You won't be living for free but if you can find a property with solid rents or some value-add potential I think it's a worthwhile investment.

purchased a triplex with the intent of living in a unit for a year and then renting out all 3 units.

Yes, containers can be "cute and unique" for Airbnb, but as a functional living structure, a lot of work needs to be done.Mike

What they told me was, even though I think this place should get $1100-$1200 a month per unit, it was rented before at $900 per unit (well, the dad's son lived in one and he rented the other to his friend for $900) so I can only get a loan to cover 80% of that amount(or something like that).Does all that make sense? 

It's human psychology.We live in a day and age where new & better quickly replace old and expensive: like Uber replaced taxi.

Hello everyone, My question is if you bought a duplex with 3.5% down using an FHA loan and you can't find a tenant to live in the other room and at the same time you don't want to be paying the full mortgage, what do you do?