How hard is it to find a property to house hack in New York?

If you have just one long-term tenant in your house hack duplex, and you're taking a $30,000 guru course on making money from assisted living or storage facilities or on running a syndication - it is probably not deductible under Section 162. 

I’m just starting out and want to house hack through small multi families.

Unfortunately, the vast of them have houses and other buildings or improvements on them so I can't compare the public records. 

Every house is different and every owner is different.

Here are my initial thoughts:-Making the offer contingent on seller showing me background check documents from their due diligence-Requesting for a walkthrough of the property after the offer is made, and reserving the right to pull the offer if the house is not maintained wellAre these ideas practical?

The consequences are: family member comes along and sues or seller sues and gets the house back in court.

We’d also like to buy a house to move into in the near future and of course dropping $100k of savings into property 2 would delay that.

Given your situation, I think the best thing to do is 1) work on improving your credit and 2) look to house hack, preferably a duplex or fourplex where you live one unit and rent out the others.

Hello Everyone,In the next few months, I'll be in a unique position where I can potentially pay off my house.