Section 8 and other Government Rental Strategies

[Martin Sterling]

Greetings, I see many people talk about the benefits and misfortunes of using section 8 as a way to get renters in their home. I hear horror stories, but I also hear about scenarios where there are no problems.

One strategy with Section 8 I heard is that you can specify the age demographic of your tenants as 55 and older in order to hopefully get less at risk tenants. It was a statement in passing at an overpriced seminar that I do not recommend attending.

The question I have is, are there any books on the different kind of government strategies there are available to use to get tenants? Section 8 is the most commonly talked about. I know there must be so many. Woman abuse centers, Rehabilitation centers, Witness Protection, etc. I'm sure there's a lot that exist. I just don't know the best way to find out and research them. I'm based in NY, I'm sure there are plenty that are local as well. 

Any suggestion on resources on how to discover what I don't know that I don't know about government programs?

Thanks In Advance