Best Market to House Hack - Starting out

[Sarah Kartsher]

Does anyone have an opinion on which market would be better for starting out on a house hack? For the past year I have been looking on the MLS in Phoenix for a multifamily to house hack with little to no luck with good deals. There are not many multifamily properties on the market today in Phoenix.

On the other hand - Columbus Ohio(where I am originally from) has many duplexes on the MLS in better areas than in Phoenix and are about the same price.

After doing a quick and dirty analysis on a few properties - comparing Phoenix to Columbus it seems like Columbus has better numbers on Duplexes. 

Would you agree?