These are rental houses and NO one is 100% perfect with rentals houses I dont care who you buy them from who your tenants are or who your PM is..

Not able to buy in this area without going house poor.

But mostly buy a house with a large lot in a high-density area.   

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.

I got started by moving from Portland OR to Columbus Ohio and started full time real estate investing here and started with house hacking/multifamily as well. 

Destroying the house calling board of health for tenant damages and literally every little thing creates huge expenses.

But I'm gathering that this may be a fools errand if the house is not appreciating.

How can we tell if the increase in house size done legally as there is HOA governing for this location? 

It is presumed that "Multifamily" housing will have multiple families inside.

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