Still, I think you'd find it difficult to find one that would be a good long-term investment unless you had another ~20-30 years to go, it's at least cash neutral, and you don't plan to hold it too long (to avoid too much investment loss and before you get to the point where it's unsellable because of too few years left); that's another way of saying that maybe it suits your cash needs in the near-term or is at least less of a pill to swallow than other options until you find something that's more of a sensible long-term play

How are you determining income, avoiding fake paystubs & employment?

Save yourself the hassle and avoid these common pitfalls no matter how much you like the name or "professional" you believe the entities may appear.

Plus, we haven't even talked about the tax deductibles, depreciation, and how the house hack has the potential to off-set your taxes, which is another aspect way of making cashflow (obvioulsy verify with a CPA).

I've been hosting MTR's now for 5 years and have worked with most guest avatars and my company helps independent hosts make those B2B connections so I'm fairly well versed in the insurance displacement aspect.  

While each person has their own perceptions of a rough part of town, in my experiences, I do avoid them.  

I've avoided being an agent bc I don't want to pay all the fees and sell houses to get paid, but that was before I knew an investor specialized brokerage like this was a thing.

Be careful to avoid analysis paralysis.

She said the owners wanted to owner finance to avoid dealing with tenants.

For example if the house is worth 400K, but they are willing to sell it for 375k because they are avoiding having to pay 25k in agent fees, then the bank can consider the equity gap as a down payment.