But you also SHOULD have some vacancy and some capex on an 80 year old house. 

Suggestions like driving by the houses weekly are silly, such trips serve no legitimate business purpose. 

First house, we are living in it while flipping.

Quote from @Jeff Calcaterra: We have a potential tenant new to the area who has gone through a paid background check, signed a background check authorization form, sent us a LinkedIn profile, sent an offer letter and says he is willing to send us paycheck stubs, but says he doesn't want us to call HR to verify employment because he is supposed to have found housing already.

Quote from @Charles Evans: I'm a new house hacker here.

Quote from @Andrea Lucarelli: I’m interested in beginning my REI career with purchasing a SFH or condo in Cleveland area (safe neighborhood) to list as a furnished rental for travel medical professionals, supply corporate housing needs, or house temporarily displaced families for insurance companies.  

I see that you recommend NOT having my mom deed the house over to me in order to borrow against it.

I'm curious of the current market demand for student housing and appeal to rental investors.

I've been living in my current house hack for ~1.5, and I placed my tenants in September 2023 (lease is up at the end of August).

I have a 5 bedroom 2 bathroom house.