If you can get a big 4-5 BR house with a view for a under a million bucks, i'm pretty confident you can cash flow it with a good return, even in a 6%-7% interest rate environment. 

I own and manage a portfolio of STRs across the US.

No management costs as it would be self managed, and estimated property taxes by the average of the past few years.

Hi all, I've been housing hacking a duplex since 2021 and due to some life changes will be relocating out of state.

I've always been interested in finance but housing had always been a rather boring investment.

Quote from @Zara Massoud: Your new PM is correct and the old ones were wrong.The property manager must have your social security or tax ID number on file.

Quote from @An Lan: I am not a professional real estate investor, I just invest in houses as a safe asset and do not choose to rent them out.

What would be a good actionable for you now is to visit open houses in areas you think you like and starting talking with Listing Agents at those homes.

This is very useful.You could build a deck or gazebo to house a hot tub.

Do you think purchasing a property in Philadelphia, PA, and managing it remotely from Westchester, NY (Roughly 2-2.5 hours away) with the help of a local handyman would be too much of a stretch?