When it comes to the illegal immigration realm, we enter political discussion LOL (but I do agree with you).One of their (strange neo-liberal) theory is that massive illegal immigration would reduce the inflation effect a lot and also they are not going to compete with the American.Of course, that's their standing, which I could only laugh.

If i purchased the property and raised the section 8 tenant rents to the FMR, does this have a major effect to the tenant?

Your effective hardwork will flourish in no time.

Just because you have done it yourself before doesn't mean you necessarily are doing it in the most efficient/cost-effective way.At the end of the day, building wealth through real estate like you are thinking might be the best move, but you shouldn't just drop things that are working now for something potentially better.

@David Haughton Nobody can effectively answer the question you presented unless you first identify four single family homes and two duplexes you are considering purchasing.

The most cost effective would be to do a search yourself.

Looking for a cost effective solution that looks nice and that would help sale or rental efforts. 

But they can be managed effectively.

But now on disclosure we will write something like "roof likely leaked" or something to that effect if we are replacing the roof and we are not sure if there were any active or past leaks.Originally posted by @Jonathan A.

So in theory it can't be a LTR if we move out someday, but a lease naming a tenant as "manager" probably gets around that.I've thought a bunch about how to improve the property's cash flow, and there's lots of marketing and operational low-hanging fruit before we get to capital improvements.