If the owner of neighboring house says its mine I would replace and ensure it is inside my property line.

However, they go to far in being different.Your house looks great!

Over the years every single time I went over his house to hang out we would talk about money, investing and the future we were building.

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). 

I've house hacked twice in Reno, NV and it's changed my life.

Looking at purchasing small 3 BR 1 BA house.

House hacking is the best tried-and-true method for new investors in my opinion.

Asking $1.7M https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/94515-Highway-101-S-Yacha...South Coast: 5 Bedrooms / 9 Bathrooms / 9301SF on 34+ Acres with guesthouse and caretakers house. 

Purchase price: $302,500 Cash invested: $5,000 Utilized VA Loan for a House Hack for my first Rental Property.

Each area has its own rules on how it works, but basically, you buy the house, pay a deposit and agree to rehab the house within a certain amount of time.