In our24 years of experience, managing almost 100 S8 leases currently, the average S8 tenant has a FICO under 580, numerous collections from utility & cell phone companies, doesn't want to pay a security deposit, much less an application fee and claims they don't know how to fill out their S8 paperwork despite being in the program for several years - hint: they want YOU to do it for them.Most, not all, are eligible for government assistance due to a funeral-march of bad choices.REALITY: you are trust trading one set of problems for another.You can succeed with S8, but you need to understand the challenges and plan accordingly.

For numerous reasons, this strategy is not anywhere near as simple as it appears, and the risk of default problems can be quite high if the seller is inexperienced or unknowledgeable.    

Quote from @Yu Jin Song: Hi, I am looking to invest in Ohio, mainly in Columbus, and Cleveland, but recently Dayton, OH got my attention in terms of affordability. 

Over the past year, I've had to make frequent calls and send numerous emails—sometimes daily to MNPMC's office and the managing partner to receive timely owner disbursements.

Our goal is to start with a few small multiunit rental properties and grow from there (thanks @Brandon Turner for the numerous resources in this realm!)

Two credit cards we're used and numerous memberships signed up for during that period of time.

I went to the U of L and have numerous properties in Southern AB. 

The landlord may be planning on making it their 2nd home or any of numerous possibilities that the government removes with any law that changes that.  

I won't mention the names but on IG there numerous coaches/mentors.

I previously had a self directed IRA with Entrust and had numerous issues mostly related to the time it takes then to process requests, which can potentially cause you to lose out on deals.