I do pretty decent for my age, and I live at home still, so I've been saving up a lot of money.

You can't rent out a PO box and live there.And yea that sounds like a huge red flag to me. 

I have learned that in today's world of information you do not need to limit your investment to just markets you live in or normally travel to. 

If you are comfortable living with roommates, a SFH househack could be the move for you.

I live in Upstate New York but i was thinking of areas more out west or down south.

This is where you live in one side.

You can also contact a local alcoholics anonymous or other organizations and let them know you have space available for anyone living sober.

Even if the rental has a decent cash flow with additional flood insurance, we're still not sure we want to take on that risk as we are out-of-state investors (planning to move back to KY in the future, but not now) and we don't like that it will potentially bring down the perceived value when we try to sell it in the future.The seller has never lived there and has not provided any information on if it has flooded before or not. 

House hacking is an incredible way to live affordably while building wealth through real estate.

Me and my partner moved from Utah to Maryland for school recently and we have a townhouse that we are looking to rent. we are currently remodeling and changing a few things before renting. what are the first steps to change my primary to a rental I lived there for about two years.