House hacking in Phoenix

[Andrew Martherus]

Me, my wife, and toddler are planning on buying a multi family home in the Phoenix valley in the next couple of years. Looking online, it seems like multi family homes are magnets for low income and sketchy areas. Even when I increase our budget to $400,000 I just can’t find anywhere that I would want to live.

Has anyone else house hacked in Phoenix? How did you find good properties in good neighborhoods? What should I be looking for to keep my costs low and my income high?