@Andrew Kerr yeah I'm not seeing too much right now but I do have my eye on one multiplex and running the math I found I could get this place at a discount, live in one of the 3 units, and maybe get $1000/mo cash flow and live rent free until we moved out and then turn that cash flow into closer to $3000/mo.

Hi Leon,I'm a relatively recent transplant to the Akron area, but I must say it's a much better market that some other ones I've lived in. 

@Jacob Zimerman I'm a New Jersey transplant now located in Stuart Florida.

Just in the past few weeks I’ve been amazed to see how many people I’ve connected with transplanting here in the middle of this pandemic.

This second thing may seem trivial or meaningless to your bottom line, but I see it as a way to keep people happier longer, which may also keep them out of your hair and keep them renewing a lease.The numbersPurchase price: $325,000All-in monthly expenses: $2,050-- That includes principal, interest, taxes and insurance (they put 25% down); 5% savings each for repairs and CapX, 5% for vacancy and about $200 for utilitiesRents: $2,900 -- That's an average of $725/room, though two of the rooms were for more and two were for slightly lessCash flow: $850/monthAgain, the above numbers show me that anyone wanting to house-hack in Denver could do this and live rent free, or even cash flow a touch.

Once you feel like you know where you want to live, rent that puppy out and buy YOUR home. 

Where I live really affects me.  

Because of my low income on paper, the only loan for which I can qualify now or in the future is an asset-based one, thus, in the future I wouldn't be able to easily access the equity through a HELOC or refi.The only debt I will have is 5 mortgages; I live rent-free in a room in one of the 5 properties; and the section 8 guaranteed rents for 4 of those, plus the reliable short-term rents from the high-end rooming house, cover the debt service and will cash flow $70,000 (or a proportionate value as rents and expenses rise) for the next 10 years, at which time I'll be 61.  

You are dealing with a well informed professional tenant that intends to draw out the process for as long as possible to live rent free.

Again I'm going off anecdotal evidence here, but I believe a large number of transplants are here for legalized marijuana, and with state regulations tightening as well as more states legalizing, along with all the other factors at play (such as skyrocketing rents), we will see a steady slowdown of population growth.