In addition to my full-time role as an engineering manager, I’m building my real estate business as a side hustle with plans to grow it further.My current focus is on assisting first-time homebuyers and investors, but I’m always eager to explore new strategies and opportunities.

The early consensus is that it's an upgrade, but we have yet to really put it through its paces.Stayfi has been great for locations where we have several rental cabins and want to maintain that resort-like feel.

Like "renting to section 8 tenants is actually really easy", "your agent is not on your team just connect with people like me doing hundreds of deals every day and use my team instead", that hood properties will have "15-25% net caps" for beginner out of state investors when in reality they will definitely lose money every month due to the rent not being enough $ to maintain a rental property, never mind all the tenant issues involved with this property class or the difficulty of managing them remotely... but he's done thousands of them just this week while sitting on the beach in Florida... 

Books are important to maintain because it keeps track of the performance of the partnership not only for one year but over several years.Partners normally have the right to inspect the books.Will the accountant you work with either maintain the books for you or help you make sure its done correctly?

Are there better returns to be had renting to EDEN housing assistance renters, or should I stick to cash-paying tenants?

Feel free to reach out if I can be of any assistance, best of luck! 

Assistant?

It's relatively easy to install and maintain. 

Quote from @Joe Mills: You are exempt if you meet one of the following requirements:Owner-occupied buildings Properties with four units or fewer that are owned and lived in by the ownerSingle-family homes Homes that are sold or rented without a broker by the owner, as long as the owner doesn't own more than three at onceIf those don't apply, then you must abide by Fair Housing and you must make reasonable accommodations for people with assistance animals.

If I were you, I would get a realtor to rent the place so you have assistance with tenant choosing and then figure out how to manage it yourself if you want to, but I would be worried for you.