For now I've settled on the "live in flip" and "house hack" approach which seems to be the best way to get your foot in the door in an expensive market.

Is there anything I need to do, or be aware of when buying an occupied property with section 8 tenants?

House hacking is a great way to get your foot in the door!

Each door has a digital lock, along with the front door.

Keep doors 36", or make at least one of every room type 36" doors e.g. 1 bed and 1 bath is 36" even if the rest are not.

Lots of demand drivers in Sherman area.

that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases.

I’m so excited to be making progress and making my first few steps toward the door and hopefully within the next few months I’ll have my foot in it.

It currently comprises of 1x House & warehouse, with an adjacent lot next door that is a campground consisting of 5x RVs.

If the owner lives in town, you could even go knock on their door, I find this to be extremely successful when you are going after foreclosed properties.As to your 1st post, you might want to look at city data for growing markets, It looks like Rochester lost population last year, vs if you look at sunbelt cities like, Houston, DFW, Austin, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, these cities saw at a minimum 1% population increase.