We are a few friends with special needs kids, who want to book and buy houses adjacent to each other.

He wants me to call him tomorrow to set up an appointment to see the house.

There are some exceptions, but they are rare, they have access to funds, and they typically built their empire when the timing was right and got lucky.Likewise, it's not often that you can buy a house and sell it for big money six months later.

The plan is to renovate it and create affordable housing, possibly section 8 only.

An aspiring rookie investor considering a house hack as my entry into real estate.

Not sure how Las Vegas operates but when I get a code violation of any sort I get certified mail delivered to my personal house and multiple other regular mail attempts. 

She stated that he has been using drugs in the house and apparently, one of the neighbors saw him shooting up in his arm while the garage door was open.

If you're new to the investment strategy of house hacking, read "The House Hacking Strategy" by Craig Curelop.

My friend has seen and had horror stories - it's the same in any affordable housing market.  

Our cleaner had to spend 10 hours to clean the whole house!