If there are any municipal violations against the property, see who the municipalities served with notice.

I live in Massachusetts now a little south of Boston l, I'm looking into buying my first multi family by the end of this year and I'm interested in the house hacking strategy.

If your intention is to hit a certain number by a specific timeframe, buying another rental will probably serve that purpose best.

Anyways just my 2 cents, I’m certainly not an expert by any means, would be interested to hear what others have to say…BTW there is a great article somewhere on BP by Ben L that talks about this subject (how cheap properties get killed by capex), it's a good read.

I use an attorney and process server through my attorney for my evictions, but I serve the five-day notice.  

Good luck and thanks for serving our country. 

To Greg's point, the benefits of limited liability (which is what folks generally focus on in making the decision) are generally limited to an owner's capacity as the owner and not other capacities in which the owner may serve -- i.e., if the owner manages the property negligently, the owner may be liable in his or her capacity as a manager notwithstanding the existence of the entity.

Just explain that you want to learn & improve your processes & are looking for feedback to better serve your customers.  

Will Pritchett l think the effect will mostly be psychological.

Whatever multi-multi apartment building comes up at a great discount, divide the number of units by 4 and line up the resulting number of (first in first served) savvy veterans to live there (a year), and they get to rent all those (huge number of) extra units!