Take for example covid times, lots of defaults or people asking for rent abatement.

Cause, you know, that's how us broke people do it.  

House hacking seems to be a great option for this area, so I would love to learn more about this if people have experience on this topic.

The income from the property pays off the debt, while you get the tax deductions, equity build up and appreciation.As to why people pay cash, many don't know, like or understand other alternative investments. 

Maybe you should define Southern MD,  because I see some people referring to places that I wouldn't consider to be Southern MD.  

What do people not qualify for? 

The issues we typically see with people having difficulty are:1.

Normally, people open a S Corp instead of an LLC so that they can pull a salary from the S Corp and save on taxes.

Same thing .. you can manage his properties but a Realtor's License will help you greatly .. a property manager can handle other peoples properties with a management agreement.

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