Three other houses sold last year for $189,000.

More and more I see buyers look online, drive out to the house, and then while sitting in front of the house, CALL. 

I just had a tenant that tried to rent one of my houses and YTD income in September was bigger that YTD income in December.

My plan for this year is to remodel and upgrade the house to then put it to cashflow either via short/long term rental.

Cost will likely be around $120 - $160 / sqft depending on finish out and how much one the existing house needs to change.

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

Wondering if there would be an opportunity to do Section 8 housing there if properties are cheap and market rent is high enough.

At one large single family house with 4  bedrooms the yearly oil was $5,900, as the boiler produced domestic hot water also and ran 24/7/365. 

Needs new everything floors, kitchen, bathroom, paint, roof, landscaping and also has termites and a tentant that's not currently paying rent, for a 1000 sqft property they want 160,000 for it, but my comps say for a rehabed house in similar sqft property in that zip code would sell at 220,000k and I would say it needs atleast 65,000 to 75,000k in repairs so my offer price was at 100,000 to 110,000 and the buyer will not entertain my offerI would like to offer more but if there are any surprises I'd like to be prepared for those cost during the rehab process.

Don't be discouraged by the lower returns—house hacking is often about long-term wealth-building, and your primary residence can offset some of those mediocre numbers.Make sure you're accounting for local trends and realistic rents—sometimes expected rent growth is overly optimistic, or costs like repairs might be underestimated.