On the flip side, if you've got a bunch of Section 8 tenants living in a building that's in a neighborhood where a lot of the tenant base has good jobs, high credit scores, and are generally reliable people, you've got the most risky tenants in that tenant base and that ain't what ya want.

I also pay my mortgage for the house I live in.

@Michael Smythe the repairs were never completed while the tenant was living there.

Hey @Jerry Nogueras - I was in your shoes too, born in NYC, and lived between there and Long Island. 

Should I be budgeting significantly more sense people are in and out of the property versus them living in a long time? 

I live in the Milwaukee area and want to get started investing locally but eventually want to branch out into other cities and states.

He lives locally, is very responsive.

Living in top unit and renting out the bottom.

Quote from @Braeden Warg: Thank you for the clarification and information.I live in Cabarrus County and have experience in residential and commercial construction.

Recently I’ve been living next to an illegal and poorly run STR operation and I can now better empathize with folks who strongly oppose them.