House Hacking Dallas Texas

[Kyle J. Cooper]

Should I stay away from homes with pools? Potentially house hacking a single family/rent by the room(also looking at small multifamily properties). Continually getting leads and analyzing those leads. I'll be living there for at least a year and curious if anyone has considered this or if pools are just a Taboo topic when it comes to rental real estate. I would imagine this would increase insurance premiums not to mention the added maintenance costs. Any thoughts on this? Thanks!!

[Bruce Lynn]

Most investors don't like homes with pools.  More liability, more insurance costs, more expenses.   Rarely do tenants keep them up the way you would, so then you have to think about if you want to pay for pool service to keep them in good shape and if you can recover that amount in rent increases?