House Hacking in Portland (or anywhere!)

[Ben Rezac]

I would love to hear from some of you who have successfully house hacked in Portland. How did you go about making it pencil? With interest rates and prices on 2-4 unit properties, its tough to get most of your mortgage covered if you are only putting 3.5% down with an FHA. I would love to hear some creative ways others have made this work. For example... converting a SFH into multiple units.

And if you aren't in Portland, I would still love to hear how you have gotten creative.