Plan to buy first house to house-hack

[Sadiya H.]

Hi All-

I would like to get into world of Real Estate, and a newbie to Bigger Pockets. I plan to buy my first house in 2019  would really like to house-hack.

Ideally, I would prefer a house in Long Island but will be willing to settle for Queens, depends on the neighborhood.

What are your thoughts on buying a single family and convert to multi-family for hacking? Do you think this approach would be worth the associated expenses, or do you think it would be better-off buying a multi-family?

Not sure how I should go about this, so would really love to get some feedback, suggestions, from you guys.

Thanks so much in advance.