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It seems fairly difficult to get into something there but I may reach out in the future @AJ Wong if we decide to move forward.I don't live in the area so it wouldn't be a hosted rental situation @John Mason but it's good to know about that option. 

You learn a ton about how to become a landlord, manage your own property, managing rehabs, etc. plus there's so little risk because you're living there yourself.

You need to decide if you are in the REI business or just doing a few deals.  

I recently moved to a home i was going to flip but decided to keep and make it my primary.

The list is huge, but includes things like monetary risk, legal differences, government corruption risk, management risk, supply chain issues, insurance practices, utilities, tax differences, banking differences, etc. 

They probably have their teams and people they will reach out to , to analyze the property/deal and decide for themselves whether it's worth to buy or not.

This Duplex was built in the 80s and has good bones but the HVAC systems will need to be replaced soon and there has been no major updates that have been done but this is one of the reasons why i bought it. i wanted to get the experience of being a landlord and renovating  and managing multiple properties. but i have a few questions pertaining to the duplex house hack.

My view is that I can get a higher return by parking that cash in real estate as opposed to having some fund manager get me marginal returns on my savings.Appreciate any thoughts or comments.

So having your budget some flexibility to redo some things if needed.I hope this helps you because it's not very difficult on your end you just need to choose things presented to you and decide if you like them or not.