I moved from Florida to start investing in Columbus because of the same reason.https://www.zillow.com/learn/hottest-housing-markets-2024/

Real estate investing is like exploring a new world, and it's awesome that you're diving into strategies like BRRRR and house hacking.

Both houses are new construction that was completed a couple of weeks ago.

Reduce Your DebtPay down existing debt, especially high-interest credit card balances.

House hacking has been my approach here, otherwise the numbers don't really work.

If you don't have really good existing relationships with tradespeople that sounds difficult to me unless all of this work is cookie cutter like flooring. 2.

However, you do need to handle this situation carefully, make sure you follow a standard screening process to avoid any Fair Housing Act violations.I'm honestly not even sure if you can initiate the conversation with the parole officer, if they reach out to you, or the tenant provides the info and offers the opportunity to call them, that's a different story.Make sure you apply the same screening criteria you use for all potential tenants. 

Wife and I are supposed to be closing on a house 6/4 here in Frisco TX.

https://www.biggerpockets.com/filesI have uploaded my own spreadsheet file to my BP Fileplace which has an analyzer and estimator tool if you want to check it out:https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/drobertson/file/house-flipping-spreadsheet-6-lite

However, I don't have enough money for the land, and getting financing for land is much harder than for a house.I have an inside connection to the owner, who is open to selling a 1-bedroom wood frame house on the lot next to the land for $60,000.