Quote from @Brandon Le: Your first purchase could/should be a house hack.

I love the flexibility they offer for traveling professionals, military families, or folks in between moves.My main questions:Have you noticed increased demand for midterm rentals in this area, particularly from military personnel at nearby bases or healthcare workers at local hospitals?

@Rajendran Subramaniam looking at it from a 7-10 year lens I'd say the Texas market would provide the strongest return and that'll mainly be through appreciation.

I mainly want to ask if these assumptions are reasonable and if there's anything I haven't considered:(1) multifamily units in NJ close to New York City, ~$1,000,000, 20% down payment, (2) Using the following assumptions: 4% appreciation rate, 6.5% interest rate and 5.0% refinance after 5 years, $10,000 yearly maintenance fee(3) ~$6,000 monthly rental and assume 3% increase yearly with 5% vacancy rate(4) Based on the above, the calculated IRR if selling at the 10th year is ~19% (considering tax benefits) and ~17% (without tax benefits).

Buy an existing house to live in and add an ADU in the back.

Besides ALE Solutions I did Express Corporate Housing and will be signing up for Furnished Finder.

STR in Boston (and metro) are mainly for owner occupied residents only which means you can rent your bedroom or an adjacent unit.

My main concern is how to avoid activating the due-on-sale clause when transferring the deed.

The phone number for the 'agent' emailing me is the same as the one for the main business.

And now, that roommate will be moving out soon, and has told me that the main tenant was not cleaning up after himself.