.)- S8 won't always agree to pay what you're asking for rent and/or won't agree to what you want to raise rent to in the future- it can be harder to get a S8 tenant out (I don't think you can just give them notice to vacate like you can with a normal tenant, or so I've heard)- you have to deal with the bureaucracy and inspections of your unit (they make you fix minor things like a window screen, and I think they can withhold rent because of it)- etc.I'm not an expert on S8 by any means, but I've heard enough about it to have formed my own opinion.

Between my parents investments and mine in Brevard they all are over $1000.00 for insurance.

We have two units that are occupied by the parents of owners.

As for financing it I could probably borrow the cost from my parents to purchase and fix it up if I were to flip it, and could probably get a favorable interest rate, or offer them some of the profits, not sure the best way to structure that.

Young adults these days think they should be the boss within a year of joining a company or that they should be able to live in a house equivalent to their parents house.

RentAs a buy and hold investor who owns property in 3 different state and managed my parents in another.

My parents who are in the young 60's getting ready to retire want to pay everything off!

We are parents of three boys and if there was no fence I just might have lost a child or 3.

My parents own multiple investment properties in NYC and being their oldest son I have always helped them manage them so I have some experience being a landlord.

You'll have to shakeout the exact numbers in your area.A couple things I learned from my time owning student housing:Always get the parents to co-sign AND explain what the damage deposit is for.Always get the largest damage deposit your state allows.Be visible at your properties.