I ask because a lot of new investors are getting lured into the thought of them because you get paid by the government this alleged "guaranteed rent", but that's not really how it all works.The Section 8 website for your area or the larger one should have metrics per square foot for the area.

(The Fed doesn't dictate mortgage rates)  Pray that Trump actually gets a handle on government spending.

Federal government doesn't care.

I know there have been delays and issues during government shutdowns but this is a new one for me. 

So most likely, and please check me on this, I believe they will pay for the tenants rent for a year or so, but then, the tenant will have to get a job or go through a different government subsides program.

Now it used to be if you got a job with the government and could count on a fat pension then life could be good and with a few rentals excellent.

There was nothing I could do about it.We are always at the mercy of tiny government politics and power struggles.

Absolutely if you're going to operate alone on your money, IMO.I never took a guru course of any course outside institutional, government or college in any aspect of finance.

Toledo's Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority...LMHA which administers the Section 8 program seems to have had a difficult 2016 and 2017 doesn't seem much better.I've been renting to Section 8 for seven years now, I still have my original tenant in fact, and normally I find great satisfaction in renting to good tenants and working with the bureaucracy that comes with a government program...I had 10 properties rented section 8 at one point and have slowly prioritized standard rentals over the program and now am seeing blatant issues with their operations causing me to move away from considering their tenants.Delays in the program: We used to have 5 business day's delay for new-tenant vouchers to be reviewed and processed for inspection but have been going weeks before we hear anything.

Going to be interesting to see what sort of impact the new Government's mass deportation policy has on rents and construction costs.