Strategies: maintain the most amount of credit lines possible without use; no late payments, ever; any credit that you do use as a consumer should be small relative to the credit limit of the account; keep your accounts open as long as possible; don't apply for credit unless you really need it to limit hard inquiries; space out any new applications or inquiries as far as possible. 

Maintaining that relationship beyond just the lease up process and whenever the tenant has a maintenance issue or lease expiration completely changes the dynamic of the relationship.

Assisted living has historically outperformed most other real estate classes, have maintained incredible occupancy rates (despite the COVID blip), and continue strong rent growth.

For example if you wanted to gift $100k to your child to purchase a business, it may be best to make your child manager, with say a 20% interest, while you and or your spouse maintain a 80% interest.  100% of any net income can still be received by your child as manger, or even for just his 20% interest, as profit allocation  need not align with ownership percentage in an LLC.

Maintain a credit score of 620 or higher, save for a down payment, and research markets carefully.

Striking the right balance between enforcement and maintaining an inclusive, education-focused community will be crucial to its success.

One that will pay on time AND maintain the place. 

However, if I earn too much “earned income,” I risk losing these essential benefits.That’s why I’m exploring real estate and the stock market, as these generate “unearned income” and allow me to maintain my benefits while building financial security.

The one challange is maintaining the exterior, of the home being so close to a school it gets beat up.

Well owners who already had section 8 tenants in place didn't want to spend $5, $10, $15k or more upgraded a unit that has a tenant in place just to maintain the rents they had (or have a slight increase) so a lot of section 8 approved properties stopped taking section 8.Right after COVID though, it seems that section 8 has lowered their standards a bit.