That is, until a few weeks later, I receive 12 notices from New York State Division of Human Rights that a local non-profit have filed 12 complaints against me on behalf of 2 individuals for "discrimination" of source of income.

Although I'm happy to talk about REI (it changed my own life), the purpose of the platform is to facilitate financing, not to be a full time educator.

Lots of cheap areas look really high COC but then you have an eviction or lots of turnover costs and the COC in real life gets way lower.

When investing in New Construction, you are controlling the property for the first, BEST years of a buildings life.  

Wasn't my original intention, but just the direction life haad us go.

Get a life.

The unit was 20 years old and most of what was replaced was at the end of its life cycle anyway .

Real Life: My client discovered that the PM company was $350 under market rent and allowed for an extra 2 weeks of turn time.

Nobody really pushes the strategy of buying single family homes and paying them off (besides Chad Carson and a few others who are awesome), but 2-5 paid off single family homes are probably pretty life changing. 

If the numbers work and your life situation allows, rinsing and repeating every year is a great strategy with this type of house hacking.