Additionally, if there are any resources or tips you'd recommend for a beginner like me to excel in the REI bookkeeping realm, I would be grateful for them.Thanks in advance for your guidance!

Most of our housing stock is 60 to 120 years old and requires a lot of capex, especially the bottom of the barrel properties are typically fools gold, because capex will exceed cash flow over a few years.

If you have any tips about house hacking or real estate in general it would all be appreciated!

These are great tips, Allen!

Tip: Murphys Oil Soap might Clean that paneling like new.

Is there a list of neighborhoods or areas/area map that you recommend on where to invest versus where not to invest?I

These are just some tips to help you decide on weather you need active income still or not.

We are at tipping point to return to recession.).Seems to me (at least in California) like the past 10 years have been in EXPANSION but inventory remains low.  

If you go toward Worcester, @Andrew Freed has some great meetups where you can learn a lot and make great connections.Nice to meet you and thanks for the tip.

Most agents don't know anything about investing (especially the costs of fix and flip), but the ones that do are gold.