One page I highly recommend is Break Into CRE (https://www.youtube.com/@BreakIntoCRE).

One last question (maybe :)).

One of them is a student rental just outside the UB South Campus.

These allow you to finance multiple properties under one loan, which can be way more efficient than getting individual loans for each one.

@Josh Cocker, just another note, typically, the more units, the closer to cash flowing you will get, so if you are only looking at duplexes, I would look more into quads.To echo Nicholas' comment, when I think about house hacking, particularly when I was living in one of the units, the key is that your NET cashflow should be better.  

There are wholesale deals from time to time, but the best ones are not typically sitting around on Facebook.

Nothing is the top niche because it's highly dependent on what you are interested in, who you know in that class, what your goals are, and how much money you have to invest in your education and/or assets.In general, no one new to investing should start with mobile home parks just from an operations and capital standpoint.

If you are renting out one or both sides, you can bill back for water usage, even without a second meter. 

I have heard some people doing it for 7 years, which one is correct?  

If you owe $160,000 or more on such a home, even though you have $40,000 in equity you cannot obtain a home equity loan.Limits on the Number of Loans:Only one equity loan may be issued against a homestead at a time.