Ideally, I would’ve bought closer to Huntsville or Madison, but the rent-to-price ratios just didn’t work for cash flow in those areas.This property is a 2,100-square-foot, 4-bedroom, 2-bath new build in a really good school district, which is what sold me on it.

It's running a business NOT renting a house.  

I have found that Redfin actually has pretty good search parameters to where you can look for listings that have been sitting a while that fit your buy box, and you can even do keyword searches for things like "as is", "investor", "seller financing", "guest house", etc. depending on what you are looking for.

I like Bruce's idea - I own an old house, built in the late 30s.

So... the definition of a house hack, I guess.

Feel free to use it as you'd like.I divided the survey into five sections: bedroom, house, neighborhood, landlord/property manager, and amenities.link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WCzit_3R0m0Ut6DWYWmdvchwDH5...

It has very favorable zoning laws, the land is buildable, and the area has a housing shortage.

One of the developers I work close with is getting ready to build 4 spec houses.

Thanks everyone.Annual T4 income: 250K380K in liquid investments.Principle property est. valued at 670K with 250k left owing and 155K heloc attached.Rental 1: purchased 2021 for 220K current est. value at 270K was a house hack with 5% down and $1600 monthly rental income.Rental 2: purchased 2022 for 280K 20% down current est. value 345K rental is $2000 monthly Rental 3: purchased 2023 for 267K with 20% current est value 310K rents for 2100 a month.

I am not a developer , But down the street from one of my properties is a town house development .