Over time, it rusts out and sand, ground water, mice can get in them.

Propane, OTOH, is comparable to electric.

Before they broke ground on their planned $200k build, an older neighbor they had befriended down the dirt road offered to sell them his 12 acres and 3/2 steel barn style house with outbuilding for the same $200k. 

It was rented within a week or so..we have boots on the ground to make things happen faster

Regarding contingency offers - Out of state investors seems growing trend, and so do you see a way to offer incentive, or compensation to boots on ground to do viewing, video, and then confidently make offer w/o seeing it during due diligence yourself..

To offer my own opinion, I'm set on saying a house hack it too risky and leaves you living in a lower quality home compared to the size of your loan.

My old stomping grounds in Binghamton probably wouldn’t do much good.

There are good properties out here, but you really have to hunt for a deal and turnkey usually doesn't work too well out here, which is why you don't see a lot of turnkey companies out here compared to other regions.

In theory it works but there is a single point of failure with not being boots on the ground.

I decided to go with this insurance company after comparing it with other companies.