from a laptop or mobile phone on one of my SFR's (internet must be hooked up, but most tenants do it anyway and like to be able to monitor the outside of the house remotely, even if there's nothing going on.)

Consider starting small with house hacking a duplex or triplex, and use tools like the BiggerPockets Rental Property Calculator to analyze deals.Good luck!

If the house was built in the 50's or earlier than you probably have cast iron pipes.

Quote from @Erica King: Hey hey so I’m a single mom that started house hacking a little over a year ago .

Here in the USA you have to be licensed to build a structure that will house someone else.

Mike Lambert above is correct about house values in Japan.

A HOUSE BOAT?

So we are familiar with the north GA, western NC area.My wife's aunt and uncle are selling their house in Franklin, NC.

You can quickly see why looking at this graph - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/buying-vs-renting-house-in-...You can see how in 2015 the average mortgage was cheaper than the average rent, so it was easier to make the math work with light value add and just buying single family homes.

I've done fairly big renovations where in most cases, Im replacing almost everything in/on the house.