Steer clear of any 4-figure courses or gurus.

Your response may turn off a number of guests who were thinking of booking.We've all had guests whose unrealistic expectations were not met and could never have been met.

I'd expect these to pop up along the route.

I also figured that when he parents do pass down the road, we could refinance through a bank and pay off the sister her half of the home, while still keeping the house and the rental income.

@Dwight HenningRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I’m starting off wanting to get into a primary residence that I plan to house hack and then figure out the next move into investment properties but that’s down the roadwith all that said, are there other ways that im not thinking of to 1.

I am wondering if anyone has good places to research affordable yet healthy/upcoming markets to invest in MA. looking to get into my first househack/203k so just trying to figure out where to look.

Figuring out the true cost will heavily depend on the type of dig down, depth, and total square footage. 

We are now married and I expect we'll file our 2024 taxes jointly.

I think you'll be hard pressed to get an ARV of $140k IMO...I'd expect something around $115k or lower.