So I've seen lots of different answers to this question, realistically what can a winning player expect as a win rate?
Obliviously to be winning after rake you need to winning around 53/4% of your games. Now to make real money from this surely you need to be winning 60%+? so winning 600/1000 games at $7 is only $700 before rake back. I'm confused to how people have made successful livings from these long term.
You are definitely getting wrong information. At microstakes, a 52%+ ITM is good enough to make a player beat the rake on PokerStars or Black Chip Poker. 53% itm on 7s is equal to a 4%+ roi, which is very good for any stake. Ofc there are some poker rooms that a 52% ITM will not get you anywhere, but you should obviously avoid these rooms. Rake is a very important part of husng profitability, so you can't play on rooms where the rake is abusive.
... also, depending on the cost of living in your country, you likely can't make a living playing 7$ HUSNG, however hard you try.