But it's still well below the 50% mark once the "well I deserve the money, my landlord doesn't, AND I can live rent free for 2 months while they evict me" sense of entitlement kicks in.Section 8, meanwhile, has very strict criteria as mentioned in this thread, including "eviction for non payment", "damages", and a whole list of criteria that makes them automatically ineligible, whereas Ontario doesn't really care.

I would look locally within about 1hr drive of where you are now.I don't think long distance to Rio Grande Valley is your answer, unless for some reason you have some intimate knowledge of the area, grew up there or have some kind of unique insite, like you're the hiring manager for a hospital or transplant director or social working helping patients and families who have long term stays.   

Should the only goal be to live rent free?

@Kenneth GarrettI live real close to CSU and yea it definitely is on the more expensive side of things.

Hello BP Community,I purchased my first triplex in Bergen County NJ 2.5 years ago and have successfully “house hacked” to live rent free.

"; "Access to our foreclosure/buyers/sellers/etc list . . ." that's such a secret that the government can't identify the names on that list--neither can those sellers (because the list doesn't exist); and I'll save the best one for last.My favorite gimmick of all--as an Ohioan transplanted to the East Coast--is when the marketers flash to that "ordinary" person from Ohio (or somewhere else in the Midwest), and then flash to that person surrounded by models, palm trees, and other cheesy, tropical scenery (that you know were either green-screened or PhotoShopped into that scene) with the steel drums blaring in the background.

I'm 26, a small business owner, currently renting an apartment in a multifamily house, but researching and planning to purchase my own multifamily, begin my real estate investing portfolio and live rent-free.

The catch is that after he dies she gets to live rent free. 

I was in Korea a few years ago and they have a system where the tenant pays a bunch of money (like half the market value of the property) up front and live rent free.

I've heard of a few Newport residents transplanting to Soldotna.