The house is worse than when he moved in.

I recently inherited my mother's house, and I'm excited to kick off my real estate journey with it as a tribute to her.

If anyone has any tips or tricks to a first-timer, feel free to leave a reply (especially curious about standard practices for identifying deals).

Is the next step to fill out the Request for Tenancy Approval form, have the tenant confirm their agreement, and then send it to the Public Housing Authority to schedule an inspection?

I built a house there which I sold in 2011. 

I have four SFH's on Long Island and I have had very good success with section 8 with these houses. 

When I buy one of the deals for my own portfolio, or to rehab the house, I simply pay the agent a commission for finding me a deal (I'm a Broker and they're all licensed reps).

I won't be investing in the riskiest/most supportable asset subclasses such as hotels, and tilt my portfolio the ones that have historically been more stable such as multifamily and single-family housing.

Currently interested in house-hacking a duplex in Springfield.

Would you ever consider doing a house hack?