So this is mostly in reference to us doing our own repairs, not necessarily looking to hire other people.

Buying a large new build home can also work well as a house hack as you can charge a premium rent, and generally most bedrooms built now a days have en suites (at least in my market).  

Not only do we find the housing market to be a little more manageable, but a lot of people travel there year round. 

Small multi-family is hot right now due to house-hacking (low barrier of entry), and future cash-flow. 

those 3000 jobs would get coffee and need dry cleaners and cars repaired etc. 

Anyone can live anywhere they want if they have the money, and sometimes houses are bought and then rented out without much background checking on the people moving in.

If it does go to probate, hopefully your brothers and you can amicably go the informal route vs formal (I've worked with families in both when buying properties out of probate and informal is FAR easier).Since there's no debt on the house, maybe you could sell with financing or maybe you could even buy out your brothers with financing -- that way you maintain ownership and just pay them a monthly amount.

There are a few Dundalk neighborhoods I'd stay away from but for the most part it's a great area for house hacking/BRRRR.

If you don't trust your agent enough to tell you not to buy a house, then get a new agent!

Everything in house.