The TB does not pay the mortgage, the taxes or the insurance officially.  

You might also look at Albany proper(reasonable evictions, the code department is a little difficult,) Waterford(awesome housing stock, loyal residents, but a very difficult government official who is also a real estate investor can create unnecessary problems- yes Bert, I'm talking about you,) and some other areas near there- Mechanicville has been pretty good to me.I'd be more careful with Schenectady and Cohoes- very cheap housing, but for a reason.

Gladly, 30 elected officials voted against the bill.

That's because (recently) it was announced that there are 1300 Section 8 vouchers in my county.  

All are different and not have this option but, official city web sites can have maps on them.

You can also apply for a GC license if you need one and I've gotten some quotes on GC insurance out of curiosity and it wasn't bad but never went through the official process and acquired it so maybe it isn't that easy.The way I understand GC insurance and permitting is that would allow a GC to hire labor to work for them that aren't individually insured but would work under his umbrella.

You can check their Facebook page where they announce them.

I have not seen a recent meetup announcement but @Justin R. is one of the people who put has been part of organizing it in the past.

The vacancy rate in my town, according to official statistics, is close to 0% as there is a housing crisis here currently, so I'm not worried about it renting, just worried about repair costs.

The official site for the mls is www.metrolistmls.com.