House-hacking has allowed me to live for free, save money to purchase more properties, give me landlord experience, and allowed me to try my hand at performing maintenance/run a flip.

If you don't perform under the terms of the contract, Seller can exercise remedies as outlined in the contract. 

I am less than thrilled with the performance of GE products as well, but we're not talking the same level of flimsy.

Two thirds of our properties are paid off and the income more than pays for our personal mortgage, so no complaints at the time.Now that we are looking to expand we are starting to open our eyes.

Not sure why but I guess that what my brain does on my third Monday of the week. 

I think that if you have a choice of making it into a third bedroom and private bathroom with its own entrance.

If you find a property you like you can use Airdna , Everbooked or even another app I will not mention due to moderation rules to get a better idea on how well it will perform.  :-)As for the specific areas like I said before, Lake Tahoe or pretty much anything south of Squaw Valley is going to perform better but cost more to purchase. 

The best choice we made was performing full inspections, and asking the owners to fix the items discovered.

Now my primary purpose of becoming licensed was to aid my investment purchases; however, I do also perform as an agent.

Voted the #1 city to live in by US News for the third year in a row, the employment growth and consistent appreciation we see in Austin seems into the price point.