I've seen a few PMs advertise a 10% management fee for Gat/PF prop mgrs.

I own a 4plex in downtown manhattan.   

I once saw a guy return a 3-year old, very used, power washer to the Midtown Manhattan Home Depot, without a receipt and a brand that HD doesn't even sell.

I own a high end rental in Manhattan.  10K+  rent. 

The problem is house hacking usually suggests that the property is in crappy condition, which you'll find a lot more of in the boroughs other than Manhattan, except for the Harlem area is investor friendly, as is maybe Washington Heights area, but generally, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx you're getting much more inventory than in Manhattan.

I just recently purchased a property in East Point which is South but not south south. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/06/04/manhattan-developer-buys-land-along-atlanta.html This, along with the nearly capped development of the Northside, and whispers of Airport City, the time is now people!

Where you're from: Manhattan, NYWhat you do: Transfer PricingWhat your goals are in real estate: To have a portfolio of at least 10 properties over the next 10 years. 

I had a client who owns a few buildings in manhattan.

Even Manhattan has smallish local banks.

To do owner occupied in higher cost areas such as so cal or Manhattan.