She stated "this is your property, so you need to fix the issue within 2 days or were shutting down the house."

Borrowers like that.Since money is the lifeblood of all house flips, I consider this a win-win for everyone.

I am specifically looking in Essex county, MA because I want to house back close enough to my current W-2 job.

Also, for DSCR, they do not use the actual rental income on tenant-occupied houses.

LTR and MID term are hot now as well, we have more people that want houses than houses to rent to them.  

House hack a 2-4 unit with the lowest down payment loan you could find. 3.5% FHA or 5% conventional.

Gettysburg PA is a very attractive place and attracts a lot of tourist that now many retired people have started buying houses to live there and the prices of houses have gone out outside the Downtown.

You can quickly see why looking at this graph - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/buying-vs-renting-house-in-...You can see how in 2015 the average mortgage was cheaper than the average rent, so it was easier to make the math work with light value add and just buying single family homes.

House hacking, if you will. 

Hey @Brett Baker, generally, any place with a great water view or directly on the water will bring more revenue.Of course profitability will all be based on purchase price and prevailing nightly rates in the area.If you find a cool 2/2 or 3/2 right on the water with a great view for 1.5m or a 2/2 or 3/2 house a block away for 600k, then I would look at the house over the condo.