@Bobby Paquette it sounds like a good system for those who are not financially disciplined or want to reduce debt burden, but this will likely not be a philosophy that I’ll subscribe to.

House hacking can be a very emotional and tumultuous journey so you must keep running through the gun fire no matter what. 

I can't speak to Portland laws either, for MA service and emotional support animals are an exemption for most situations.

For that reason, I wanted to pay cash to remove any emotional/financial burden so it bothers me less, If that makes sense.

Financial, legal, marital, mechanical, physical, emotional, vehicle problems and just overall bad luck.Everyone I rent to does contract work in a refinery. 

Make sure you are disciplined and committed.

You give the impression of a financial discipline young man so you already know that $100k is not a lot of money

Remove emotion, remove opinion, remove perception, remove "ohh but all THOSE people are doing deals with DMM"...

Just make sure you are getting in the property for the numbers and not the emotion of needing to make a deal. 

@Marco PadillaIt's easy for us to say all this because we have experienced it; the initial visceral reaction to a large loss is emotional can you give us more color when you are back in country?