Single-family houses have a cheaper initial investment and cash flow, but they are also more likely to be vacant.

If you work remotely maybe look at relocating to a cheaper city like Columbus or Cleveland where the cost of living is lower so you can save up more faster to invest. 

Yes, housing is cheaper but we found groceries were about the same, eating out was roughly the same (although we don't do it too often anyway), car insurance was higher, home insurance was about the same if not higher in MI, and property taxes on my $460k Michigan home were the same as I now pay on my $740k CA home.Overall, if you can make this work I like the idea of it.

Payment is $450 cheaper ($4400 PITI v $3990 PITI).This is a house hack where the tenant is paying $2100 in Y1 with rent scheduled to increase to $2200.This HH is on a VA loan and I’d like to refi into a conventional loan eventually to reuse my benefits.

Money should start to get cheaper towards the end of this year - but 7-8% interest makes deals tough - especially on a rental purchase.Know that you don't know what you don't know.  

And Frankly not worth it much cheaper to just pay them. 

Existing tenants claim that they are generally happy with the property and don't have any complaints or repairs that they've requested and they've just renewed their lease 2 months ago.What I like about Hemlane- Cost: Even at the most expensive package offering for full repair coordination and access to a network of service pros, its still cheaper than the property management companies I've spoken with.

With small homes you get quick and easy stays with fewer issues, cheaper cleaning fees, higher occupancy, and still great rates. 

I would say this, if you wanted to find cheaper tax preparation you 100% could but it might cost you more in the form of incorrect tax returns or inflated amounts of tax due.

But if you came in close to budget , in a reasonable time frame , and the work was good quality and you are happy , then you paid a fair price .Its easy to sit back after the fact and tell someone that they could have gotten it done cheaper .