I would by real estate in cities that have seen large negative decreases in sales prices but are still positioned for population growth.2.

Unfortunately when I went and checked reviews for them they were overwhelmingly negative, some of it was stuff you mentioned in your post above, but a lot of other reviews cited downright dishonesty, like the service taking money, not providing the list and not responding to any sort of email contact.

I personally would also do booking.com but my experience has not been as negative as some others here.There are a lot of other platforms I use as a PM like Marriott Homes and Villas and JetBlue airlines but they only work with PM's with over 50 units.

There are a lot of great things that come with renting two Section 8 tenants like an annual guarantee of income once you get a negotiated price on a contract with HUD but this does not negate the fact that there is good and bad to everything and whether that be a cash pay tenant or a Section 8 tenant, it's ALL about the way you do business, and whether or not you have experience to be able to recognize the way that certain things should or should not be handled so that you end up benefiting from the situation instead of losing. let's keep this thread going, if anyone else has any other insights please continue to post this is a great thread because there is a lot of general misconception about Section 8 HUD tenants, properties, and investors, it is certainly a niche market so to speak but if you know what you're doing it can be extremely lucrative.

Come even the slightest ripple (an increase in property insurance, an unexpected repair, etc.) and suddenly you're drowning in a sea of negative cash flow.Also, are you including both professional property management and vacancy in your operating expenses?

I am fine living in it for the first year or two and have a current roommate that will rent from me for as long as we live there, so I am not too worried about negative cash flow in the first year.

@Christina Dillard in many scenarios my tenants have 0 or negative credit scores.

Additionally, I am well-versed in the tax benefits of using an S Corp to treat each property as inventory, which can save you on short-term gains.Don't waste your valuable time on bookkeeping when you could be focusing on other important aspects of your business.

They both increase supply and demand (buyers) which would negate any real change from either of those. 

., we track all the data per each fixed asset in Google Sheets and it's a part of our monthly/yearly processes to input the appropriate adjusting journal entries so the depreciation and amortization are reflected on the financial reports on a monthly basis for each fixed asset.We have a depreciation worksheet, an amortization worksheet, and another worksheet that details all other aspects of each fixed asset (placed in service date, type of property, partners, etc etc) per client.It's nothing fancy but it works for us.