Quote from @Omar Samaniego: Quote from @Bonnie Low: I've used Avail in the past, but switched to Baselane last year.

Then, when you have a better grip on the neighborhoods and strategies that make sense, you can buy.

However, there wasn’t much residential use and I couldn’t figure out where the housing neighborhoods are.

Starting with a trailer is a smart, low-cost option.

I’ve been a serial house hacker in the greater Boston area so happy to connect and share some lessons learned.Multifams inventories are quite low depending on your budget and location preferences.  

I've never really done a deep dive in analyzing the area because it is a retirement community, median income is very low, and there arent a lot of jobs in the area.

After 2 years you can apply for a “Rent consideration” (I think that’s what they called it) as long as you still live there and that may allow you to increase rents by more than the annual allowance (probably designed for unit that are very low rents).

I see that real estate agents and brokers are too negative on sub to deals……investors looking for low interest rates and or low down payments are too positive on the same.As I stated the reality is somewhere in between, depending on individual circumstances.  

A $60K down payment will get you a $300K property (assuming your income is high enough and debt low enough to qualify for a $240K mortgage).

We are looking for low maintenance (so primarily new construction or >2000 and well maintained/rennovated) single family homes.