Lessons learned?

If you proceed I would like to leverage your lessons learned.  

Lesson: in a pro-tenant law city especially, don't do illegal things, don't have fire code or safety violations and if you ask someone to leave, follow all local laws.

Lessons learned?

Landlord’s only option to collect funds for damages is to take tenants to court.More and more tenants are only having a portion of their rent covered by S8, so landlords need to still screen S8 applicants for portion they must pay.Landlord cannot charge S8 tenants a portion of shared utilities – which can lead to the infamous tales of tenant retaliation against landlord by blasting heat on high with open windows during winter.S8 caseworker response times can be very slow, as they are usually overworked & underpaid.Again, overall it’s a pretty good deal for a landlord that does some decent screening.Exposing Section 8 Housing | Tenants From hell 243 - YouTubeLiberals Blame this Eviction on Landlord Despite the Before & After Footage | Tenants From Hell 241 - YouTubeMy first Baltimore buy & hold investment - SOLD (Lessons learned) (biggerpockets.com)Besides MANY self-labeled "gurus" exaggerating their success, many of them just supply readily available info.If you're too busy to find the info and are willing to pay for it, no problem as you accept their time vs money solution.REGARDING S8 GURU ISSUES SPECIFICALLYMost of them don't share all the facts about how Section 8 actually works.They claim you can get HIGHER rent from S8 tenants vs private-paying tenants.Why would the government allow our tax dollars to be spent this way?

Lessons learned?

This has the dual benefit of helping you stay informed on what’s going on in your local market and knowing all the new members who introduce themselves from College Station, and also every single one of those 660 posts is now an “SEO” post - every time someone googles a thread that’s come up, your name and business appear in these forums, alongside your quality answers. 

Top suburbs for house hacking include East Point, Decatur, College Park, Lithonia / Stonecrest, Mableton, and Smyrna / Vinings.

As RE agent could facilitate deal without third party involvement Lessons learned?

Being able to use the depreciation or accelerating the depreciation as much as possible also helps especially before the end of this tax year.Thank you for this detailed description of how to qualify and I have helped investors use this strategy in Michigan in college towns and along the coasts so I know there is interest.To your success!