Quote from @Adebola Adetunji: Hi folks,I was on a routine walk  and noticed a dumbster placed in front of a house.

In 1-2 years you could save enough to purchase a home to house hack.

House hacking our basement as our first investment, we have remodeled and redone our entire basement and now getting ready to rent out.

I have investor friends in LA area offering temporary free housing.

He'll still be renting - just from you instead of others, and at all the costs to you that you have enumerated.Your son doesn't "need" to buy a house.  

I a new investor  who self-manages my property and need some advice.Currently, when there are plumbing issues, I have a plumbing company come to the house and I have to meet them there.

Hello all,My name is Slavik and I'm a new out-of-state investor looking to invest in Jacksonville, FL.Currently focusing on single-family houses, without a specific strategy in mind.

The system is what's really broken:1) S8 should have a time limit - get free housing to get your life in order and move on.2) S8 should have strong requirements for taking care of the home taxpayers are paying the rent for. --- We haven't seen a S8 inspection report in over a decade that required a tenant to fix damages they obviously caused.

If I were you I would look into the possibility of starting off with a house hack.

That way, you keep more in reserves and have more to put towards your next house hack.