Had one this month tell us she isn't paying rent until she gets an eviction notice.

I have no credit debt and $12,000 of student loan debt I'm looking to pay off within the year.

With an assumed loan providing a lower interest rate and accelerated amortization, the income generated from house hacking can be leveraged to pay down the mortgage principal even faster, or the extra cash could be saved to be used towards your next down payment!

Aside from the fact that I control my money and don’t pay fees for using it - I also avoid UDFI tax which is triggered by UBIT in syndicated deals.  

I'm also not thrilled about paying Intuit any more $.This sounds a bit like a mess, so I'm hoping there is some workaround here that I could propose to my CPA.

So the pros and cons of each option as I understand it:1031 DST: Pro: start the investment with a bigger chunk of money because I didn't have to pay taxes on it. 

Most folks that have good credit scores buy houses, they don't often rent unless its for a short period of time, which is what you don't want as a landlord.

We have not run TransUnion SmartMove yet for her, as she would have to pay to run it and we look at everything we can first to see if we know they will be rejected before having them pay for the screening.

This amount is below what I pay now; however, this rule does not apply to "hotel apartments," which is my apartment classification.

I had 19 of my 200 rentals in Dayton OH for that exact reason and you pay for what you get.