The biggest problem with this tenant is actually not how they maintain the property, it's when they leave. 

You can get into them for a great price.Here is my biggest piece of advice.

I would be curious to here from those who went what were the three biggest takeaways?

Liquidity is the biggest factor in this approach.  

I like Columbus Ohio because I see it being one of the biggest metropolitan cities in the next 10-20 years, all signs are pointing here!

The lender I spoke with in the new area said our DTI is the biggest issue, and that selling one of the properties would solve that problem, but selling one house hack for another of a similar price/cash flow isn't something I want to do.Still fairly new to REI so any and all advise is greatly appreciated.

Our biggest issue so far is to find a suitable property. 

I see Columbus Ohio being one of the biggest metropolitan cities in the next 10-20 years, all signs are pointing here!

Biggest challenge I would say was deciding if my investor was going to keep it 2 or 3 stories, obviously a large investment to begin but my investor decided the juice was worth the squeeze to go 3 stories up.

Louis (+10.9%) saw the biggest increases among the large metros.