Buying a large new build home can also work well as a house hack as you can charge a premium rent, and generally most bedrooms built now a days have en suites (at least in my market).  

It would be mainly rented to alumni, parents of students and people exploring the area by the University of Florida.  

In 2014, when i was s broke freelance journalist, I rented my basement apartment in Denver on Airbnb.

If you have nothing, and make nothing, you declare bankruptcy, wreck your credit and try to go back to renting.

Renting in NYC adds risk. 

in 3 years you can pay off any mortgage 500,000 or less for $1,500 bucks.. or in 5 years a $477,000 mortgage for $100..I am implementing something new for the real estate industry, primarily to mortgage holders & the rent to own industry, as a shorter-term approach to be mortgage free, without cost being an obstacle ..

How do you pull annual reports in Rent Redi?  

Hey @Keagan Scott, so I don't have any insight into Gary, IN but here is a blurb -"Those looking to rent out their properties for less than 30 days (about 4 and a half weeks) will have to get a permit, pay a one-time $150 fee, and have a city business license.

It is a duplex and I live in one side and rent out the other. 

The current average rent on the new buy is $925.