Quote from @Jemini Leckie: Hello,I live in a mountain west state, not California.

Do these folks have temporary  overage for places to live?

I lived in Gelnhausen for almost seven years, but it was a lifetime ago.We’re thrilled you've joined us.

I ask because I hear single section 8 tenants like to have their bf/gf living in with them...Quote from @Rich N.: @Peter GoellerBecause they way Sec8 does it, is that their local Sec8 inspector is suppose to the know the market rate.So, let me clarify this. 

I’m on the deed, not the loan for the current house I live in here in GA. 

The auctions, although online now, are live foreclosure auctions, i.e. the auction style sale which is the culmination of the foreclosure process. 

Anyone can live anywhere they want if they have the money, and sometimes houses are bought and then rented out without much background checking on the people moving in.

I live in Seaford, NY and have been searching for areas outside of LI to do my next deal.

Quote from @Nilusha Jayasinghe: Hey all, I'm a smalltime investor currently living in a flat of a Chicago 2-flat while renting the other out, and also have a SFH rental in OH. 

I would still need to subscribe to a streaming service for cable tv, so cost savings wouldnt be much (or a wash), but otherwise it seems like it might be a viable alternative?