When I was 22, I did a house hack, and I highly recommend it.

They get a higher return since they are covering housing cost, have the $250k per spouse primary residence deduction in gains, is a savings account, higher leverage position, lower interest rate possible, will pay more premium for location, etc.House might be overpriced for REITs but not for home owners.  

For yourself, I'd save up enough to be able to house hack, and then house hack.Hope that helps.  

I live in Lawrenceville, GA and am beginning my first house hack, working to purchase another property by the end of the year. 

You can look on websites like https://www.corporatehousingbyowner.com/search/United-States... and https://www.furnishedfinder.com to see what similar houses are rented for.

I manage hundreds of rentals and most of them are caulked every 5 - 10 years.DR Horton was the builder, and after we did two inspections and closed on the house, we found out that a good chunk of the roof was missing - they quickly finished the roofing. 

The front end can sometimes be tedious to get approved by the local housing authority, but rent payments are always timely.

Hey @Jonathan Baptiste, so we are a bit different than some.We have a large house that can sleep 12 comfortably and we provide a lot of stuff.

Stats can be foundhttps://www.ramaui.com/housing-statisticsOr for all islands herehttps://www.hawaiirealtors.com/resources/housing-trends-2/Your realtor can produce more specific stats on your area of interest.

One lot has a 2 bed and one bath cottage that was an existing STR.