The reason I post this here is because I got totally different answers from two CPAsHere is the story:I bought the house as investment property and run it as STR for the last two years.

buy house  find renter rent house maintain house pray they pay rent and dont destroy it.

I've done fairly big renovations where in most cases, Im replacing almost everything in/on the house.

I'm thinking of buying this as a rental, renting out the house and fencing the back part and renew a lease to rent it separately.

All sec8 rentals are subject to review and approval by the housing authority issuing the vouched.  

Also when you are under contract and get condo docs, make sure to read the meeting minutes (for the past year if available) they will indicate if there are any talks of an upcoming special assessment (which you don't want).

Always use a property manager to keep your real estate investments as passive as possible and keep you compliant with Fair Housing laws.This way you can learn to manage the property manager and learn from experience as you go.If you buy a bunch of properties all at once, they may not all fit your buying criteria, there may be deferred maintenance that needs to be dealt with all at the same time, and you will not have accumulated the management experience building your portfolio one at a time.To Your Success!

What is she doing now in terms of paying for housing? 

We had no experience building a house from scratch but I did have a bank willing to lend to us.

I bought 14 houses basically for free by harvesting the equity in my houses by doing 5 cash out refis.