While New Jersey might seem cheaper, most affordable areas require a car—an added expense (insurance, gas, maintenance) that you likely don't have right now.Investment Strategy: House Hacking vs.

Maybe, instead of using that extra money on a bigger down payment, you use it to do a cosmetic rehab on the units and bring rents UP UP UP!!!

It took some extra time for my wife to run the rehab from 2000 miles away(we live in Idaho.)

No worries as I just mention this as there have been companies that paid for ads on BP and ended up not going well and people were rushing to blame BP.

What happens to a SFH property that is conducive to having a lot of units added.  

.: I saw an ad for Wavemark Capital which led me to Mike Ayala on linkedin.

The major downside I have found of this approach is that it requires a decent amount of extra documentation (issue details, resolution, expense mapping, etc.) on the backend for traceability purposes. 

I am adding this to our SOP - great idea.The reason we do only 365 day leases (like Jan 1st to Dec 31st and NOT Jan 1st which is 366 days) is because that would provide tenants with a different legal status; amongst other things it extends Notice deadlines.

It has added features the few of the big name companies in market.

Are you planning on still living there in which case can you cover the extra HOA fees?