Section 8 also requires certain minimum maintenance that I feel is super picky, consequently expensive and usually not actually necessary (they inspect the property occasionally).

She never really asked for much but telling her "no we cant afford to get a new dish set for $20 was ******.

Sure, you may even occasionally find something you can polish into a profit. 

Where to find multi family properties: Occasionally you will see some multifamily units listed on the MLS, so those will also show up on Redfin, Realtor.com, and Zillow.

I also have a strict no drug policy that also includes marijuana but I’m probably not going to enforce that if someone is occasionally smoking it outside.

My wife is not always totally crazy about it because she had her own house for close to 25 years but since I’ve been house hacking B&Bs for 24 years it doesn’t bother me at all to occasionally hear a bang on the wall or a cough or the toilet flushing.

And then just a great local handyman for the occasional issue (you don't need maintenance software or a PMS for a small portfolio)

At the other end of the pricing spectrum, unanchored retail strip centers and large power centers may see pricing above 7%, which can occasionally push into the 8% to 9% range as specific market and quality factors influence each transaction.As an illustration of the disparate range of cap rates in the retail space, a local buyer, SJ Amoroso Properties, traded into Strawflower Village in Half Moon Bay, CA, south of San Francisco, at a 5.4% cap rate in November.

You occasionally get burnt but you can get some killer deals this way! 

We partitioned a section of the home for longer term rentals like travel nurses, plus the occasional AirBnB stay.