@Kaitlyn Bjerk I usually have words of encouragement, but I am not doing you any favors by sugarcoating this!

I would just encourage you to consider 3rd party management.  

But thank you for your words of encouragement, I’m just working to improve my debt to income ratio, so that I may get some better loan offers.

Proponents of this strategy argue that it encourages tenants to take care of simple things themselves.

My question for the community is what have you done for good tenants to encourage them to stick it out while I'm getting rid of the problem tenant?

In my opinion, the sweet-spot is in homes $550K to $650K where the lot size and zoning encourage scrape or expansion in square footage.

Often times when using the BRRRR method we have to select a property that's in a certain area of town....that may not fit our PERSONAL needs with a primary home....but does fit our needs as an investor.The point I would encourage you to consider is that house hacking works AGAINST cash flow.  

Primary residences are simply not investments (unless house hacking) despite what society leads us to believe.

It seems likely most investors would prefer private money, and if you have access to it I would encourage you to consider it.

Move on and find a new tenant encouraged the 2 girls left to spread the word.