People don't want to live in a basement.

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Do that every year until you are tired of house hacking, then find a SFH you want to live in. 

I lived there for almost 10 years before moving to NJ.

If you didn't get an inspection and you plan on living in the property immediately or someone else lives in it immediately, you need your homeowners insurance to accept the condition of the roof. 

. - Available for FHA - 23 years old, live with my parents and I love it, as do they, so no rush to move out.- Hard/smart worker.

Thank you for any advice and help.I currently live in beaverton and am open to pdx metro and salem areas.

Totally, at the end of the day, practically, if you have $1 mil buying power, it is wiser to buy in two Class A $500k house than buy ten $100k duplex somewhere in Ohioville :) You would know it from real live actual execution , HVAC price is the same between 100k houses and 500k houses.

My tenants have lived in this home for 3 years.