You’ll be able to use a low down payment loan like an fha or conventional 3-5% down loan if you househack versus if you buy an investment property.

It requires a lot more work, follow up, and it's necessary to have systems in place to support the tenant vetting, rent collection and creating lease agreements.

I am willing to be dollars to donuts that most of your Section 8 tenants are able-bodied humans intelligent enough to get a job and pay their way through life, but they somehow manage to milk the system.

This is due to the  increase in mortgage rates and house prices.Pros/cons as I see it:Pros: two appreciating assets versus one; as rents rise, we’ll make more net income.cons: less cash flow, double capex, double maintenance.Anyone mind letting me know your thoughts?

Then, before buying anything else, make a list of all the learnings you got from this experience, and then list the systems and policies you'll put in place to ensure you never do this again!

@Sean Conroy, this really depends on two things: first, the land zoned in a way that you can subdivide and build more units (question for building/zoning department) and second, financial returns on doing this versus using the capital to buy.New construction certainly has its advantages on the operating side, and can often get a premium to remodeled, older units.  

Develop a system and checklist.  

That typically results in a higher payment and an open end mortgage (Credit card) versus cash in the bank that can act as an Asset and PITI reserves where a Heloc cannot.Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, I enjoy helping and talking REI.

As an asset, it will keep going up, but with your rate versus the current rates, refinancing isn't an option so you could only use a HELOC.Based only on what I read, I would hold onto it because it's a good asset in a high-appreciation market.

These include the expansion of the VIA Metropolitan Transit system, enhancements to the city's fiber optic network, and the development of smart city initiatives.