I am invested in a small multi family in TX and the management was not able to fill the property and do repairs and the income has dwindled badly.

Paying those things benefits you because they facilitate STUFF exiting the house. 

The art and science of it all is that you don't lead with "I want to make an offer on your house", instead, you ask the homeowner "how can I help you?"

When it was time for inspections, they told me, I can’t do that and the area is not deemed for multi family- which is a lie because both houses on either side of mine were duplex.

Quote from @Celine Besson: Hi everyone,We recently moved from Memphis, TN, to Montreal, Quebec.Before leaving, we planned to invest in a small house, renovate it, and rent it out (Ultimate goal would be to BRRRR).

They are going to have a pool, possibly hot tub, maybe a snack bar, and be beach front. at least comparing to the PCB market, most houses in comparable prices to condos dont have those things and are not beach front.

An example would be a $100k house that rents for $2k/mo.

The low down payment house hack is the way to go.

Started the process on 1 house in Cape Coral Nov. of 2021. 

Get the house hack under contract and closed first.