Many of the big name brokerages offer a lot of training on how to do a traditionally modeled business.

I have 7-10 on staff on various projects...split between India, US, Russia, China...and we have another company using a financial analyst in India building financial models for a new business...and a tourism specialist in Italy doing research...architectural design assistant in Serbia...voice over actress in California...We use UpWork...used to be ODesk.

Worse, they have a broken (but newer model) car sitting smack dab in the middle of the two car garage.

My plan is to repeat this same model every 1 or 2 years until I reach a portfolio of 10 single family homes, then upgrade to a multiplex of no more than 15 units.

No mistake was made in selection of the toilet, it was just a newer model of the old toilet that was there before, perfectly compatible without going into extensive plumbing.

I wholesale when I'm too busy or when a property does not fit my business model.

Does anybody here have success in house hacking, and a strong model to follow?

If you are interested in house hacking, try running a few models using short term rentals.

Agri-tourism is a growing business model and we want to have that life for our family How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

That the established players have the old way and it works well for them given they have already built a network of investors.That new operators, who used to have to use the 'old way', will migrate to the crowdfunding model (SEC definition)?