A $5000 deductible would mean I'm basically self-insured for minimal things other than a fire or major roof failure. 

With the minimal risk accociated with this deal, we thought this was the prefect opportunity to test our 40 hours or less goal.

I’ve been searching at Zillow & Realtor, and usually the multi family properties that come up are minimal & are old properties in C- neighborhoods.

Then your down payment would be minimal and you will have cash on hand to invest and handle the unexpected.

I am looking for properties that will require minimal repairs and hopefully already rented!

In addition to minimally withdrawing  out of my own pocket with house hacking. 

My whole strategy has been shaped by minimizing management efforts and I would say you can comfortably manage about 40 to 50 single family homes with the right approach and systems in place.

. - Going to another market with minimal knowledge (sure you can Google your life away), sounds like unnecessary risk to me.

Whole House...my place is 5BR/3BA of which 2 of the bathroom are private...so it potentially work well both ways.I prefer renting for a group since in my mind it minimize the potential for drama plus other pros...that said almost all of the inquiries I got so far were from people looking only for themselves.How about going Co-ed while renting By Room?

We are trying to offer suggestions for him to minimize his tax obligation without making things too complicated.