There’s a lot of great benefits to buying a small multi-family as a primary residence and house hacking.

Sara,All you need is 10% down and rates are great right now on seconds which are basically a mirror image of primary home rates. 

Taking the advice from Brandon turner he mentions you need to have your crystal clear criteria as this will narrow down and tune in what you should start looking for.My CCC would relate towards my goal of beginning my momentum train through house hacking1- primary residence, anywhere from single to four plex depending on if I have the capital to.2-It will be in the same city or nearby from where I currently work in Palmdale CA. 3- condition, not to sure to be honest if I get a fixer upper what repels me from this is not having to capital to fix it.

For example, below is the vacancy cost estimate for the three primary tenant pools in Las Vegas.

Investment Info:

Townhouse buy & hold investment in Gainesville.

Purchase price: $140,000

Cash invested: $7,000

Sale price: $160,000

This 3/3 townhouse was the first property I purchased at 2...

You are allowed gifts for primary residences so if you're planning on house hacking you're good.

Personally I don't have a good experience with the so called leading HW companies in the US as well for my primary residence. 

An out of state friend wants to partner with me in a SFH which I hope to occupy as primary residence for house hacking purposes for certain amount of time.

Purchase price: $170,000 Cash invested: $7,000 This is my primary residence that I have house hacked since I purchased it.

Cons: Natural gas is not renewable like solar power or wind energy, so if you stop using this form of fuel then there will be no furnace to keep you warm.