I hope this helps answer some of your initial questions, if you have anything more specific, feel free to inbox me and I will help in anyway I can.Best,

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I've had such a good experience with the Section 8 tenant at Property #1, that I said multiple times via e-mail months ago to Section 8 that I wanted to go "all-in" on Section 8 properties and build a whole portfolio around it.Now the issue is that Section 8 is super particular about making sure you have all your paperwork and permits in place before being allowed to onboard Section 8 tenants at your property.

With experience in both, there's only 3 good reasons I can think of to do an STR instead of an LTR:1.

I haven't contacted either of them for pricing yet, but if anyone can share their own experience from installing sub-meters it would be helpful.. especially if there are any locals.

I figure if I start out with a low maintenance property, I can lower the learning curve and decrease the stress of managing a business and rental property myself to allow me time to figure things out as I go along. 

Feel free to connect if you deem it helpful!

Was a great learning experience.

House hacking seems to be a great option for this area, so I would love to learn more about this if people have experience on this topic.

In my experience, this is the part that typically hangs new investors up the most.