How hard is it to find a property to house hack in New York?

Make sure you get your name on the deed or have some type of contract so they don't change their mind about the partnership after making the house all nice after the rehab. 

Still trying to find a house in Chapel Hill for our 2 UNC student daughters.

Welcome @Darwin Plada House Hacking New Jersey, is what go my wife and I to Fi. 

When I was looking to find a property management company to rent out my own house I wasn't getting enough value for the money IMO and I would've loved if they offered an option where they only took care of maintenance and charged a lower percentage.

The "seasoning" thing is for home loans, this isn't a house. :)

We're willing to go to nearby towns and cities to do deals and start the income flowing. 

I know this is not ideal but I am sure there is a way to manage it especially If I can house hack a multi family building.I am also open to any meetups in the STL area since that is my local market.

Even on a $30k house, I need $7500 plus escrow and $10k-$20k for rehab.

Rentals create cash flow, and that's what we want as real estate investors, but you need cash on hand for unforeseen circumstances.The AC needs to be replaced, that's $7K to $10K or more depending on the size of the house and if you have one rental, it will eat all your cash flow, same to replace a roof, etc, or if tenant trash the home, you need money to fix it again.To me personally a nice rental portfolio that is healthy consists about 10 units, so if you have an issue with a house the portfolio can cover the repairs and still healthy, but when starting you need to have cash on hand just in caseYes, there are multiple strategies you can use to hack your way to buy your first rental with minimum cash, but I would start wholesaling or fix and flip a few deals to create that cash as fast as possible