I myself have a 1/1 apartment on Davis Islands near the hospital that I'm considering renting to traveling nurses.The problem with rental arbitrage is that you need leverage as the renter to negotiate assignable lease terms with your landlord.

Being unauthentic is one of my largest negatives.

If price point for these properties is a limiting factor, properties found on the North side of Veteran's Memorial Pkwy can be viable too, as long as they are on the East side of Santa Barbara Blvd, and South of Pine Island Rd (SR-78)

That went away during covid when you could be in a coma stranded on a deserted island and done nothing to an asset and it appreciated.

House hacking with two children can be tougher than expected because you will always need to take a larger or the largest unit which will reduce your cash flow on the property even more.

Between growing our business into one of the largest STR management companies in South Jersey, building our personal portfolio, and starting a family, my time for forums and reading on platforms like BiggerPockets fell by the wayside.But I’m ready to get back into it—sharing, learning, and connecting with this amazing community.

Between growing our business into one of the largest STR management companies in South Jersey, building our personal portfolio, and starting a family, my time for forums and reading on platforms like BiggerPockets fell by the wayside.But I’m ready to get back into it—sharing, learning, and connecting with this amazing community.

You can try the different COOPs on the island, as they seem to be decent. 

Owensboro, the state's 4th largest city, has a population under 100K, and many OOS investors prefer cities with at least 300K residents and strong job growth.

I am also from Long Island too.