@Tim Holt, Yes INDEED house hacking is the best option for most 1st time buyers.  

This influx of high-paying jobs (averaging $60 per hour) is expected to draw a significant number of professionals to the area, boosting demand for housing and various services.

If your house is old, value is low. 

Particularly looking for an investor friendly agent able to take on house hacking clients in NYC and LI

And not knowing their numbers also makes it next to impossible to know if you have a bad PM that's eating into your cash flow as well (Like Vacasa charging $800-1000 a month for elecrtic on a 4/3, 2000sqft house with a pool). 

The answer is yes, but it is generally found when the owner is also living in at least one unit (aka "House Hacking").

If I am house hacking then what should be the insurance.

So we have all Bassett and La-Z-Boy furniture in our lake house and it has been great.

Many Texas cities are incentivizing developers to build affordable housing units, but challenges remain around keeping these homes accessible long-term.

Miraculously, I didn’t lose my shirt, but I broke even on one house and, due to other circumstances, had to walk away from another.