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I am retired and working on career #2 and 2 of 3 of our kids have left for college - our oldest is headed to UConn for her PhD (6 years) and instead of paying to rent, our thoughts are to do a version of a house hack with buying a house/condo and renting out one to two rooms to offset the costs of her rent.

(And if you think they'll update the language, I have a bridge to sell you...)Next, it has triggered occasionally and we send out a reminder that we are a smoke-free property which usually works.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. 

I was thinking perhaps it would be easier to just bring a general contractor to walk the site and provide an estimate on all the rehab costs, rather than to find separate contractors for each specialized task.For those of you who have worked on fixer-uppers, did you bring a general contractor to walk the property with you and give an estimate on rehab costs?

@Justin Chan, You might be eligible for a partial tax free exclusion if you had to move out of the house for medical or job related reasons. 

Not a good idea for some of the same reasons-high costs of purchase combined with inexperience and renos gone bad/out of control. 

We would absolutely be willing to rent to the applicant on her own.

Low acquisition price, medium investment cost.