We lived in a little apartment above the garage and rented out the main portion of the house. 

She houses a nurse in each home along with adult patients that need living assistance due to mental retardation.

This works best when the seller is motivated and open to flexible terms.4.BRRRR Strategy (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat)– If you find the right undervalued property, you can finance the rehab with short-term funding and then refinance into a long-term loan, pulling most or all of your money back out.5.House Hacking– If you’re open to living in your investment, you can use an FHA loan (as low as 3.5% down)to buy a multi-unit, live in one unit, and rent out the others.

Focus on absentee owners and start with the ones who live the farthest away and only own one property in the area since they have the least use for the property.You can also drive for dollars, looking for anomalies of disrepair and then look them up in the tax records and use a site like Spokeo to do cheap skip tracing.

From an operational standpoint you might also want to consider the cost of any extra tax returns that are needed by the entity as well as any extra accounting fees.Good Luck!

We would buy a house live in it for 2-3 years then on to the next and rent the old one out.

If you're ever looking to chat more about investing strategies, or need any advice as you start your journey, feel free to reach out.My plan is to kick off my investing journey this year with my first live-in flip.

Also, if it fits your budget and your business needs a write off BPCON lives up to the hype. 

If you are comfortable living with roommates, a SFH househack could be the move for you.

Given that 60% live on campus, that's 30,000 students in potential need for housing.