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.  

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

We have one property already as our primary home with a plan to buy another house and rent out this one.

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.

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

Hello All,We are building  a house for sale and need to decide on the kitchen layout.

Consider starting small with house hacking a duplex or triplex, and use tools like the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator to analyze deals.Good luck!

So the line is a shared private line between the 8 houses. 

So we are familiar with the north GA, western NC area.My wife's aunt and uncle are selling their house in Franklin, NC.

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).