As Dave ramsey recommends of not taking on a house mortgage thats more than 25% of your monthly take home pay.

I have been volunteering with local Habitat for Humanity groups to learn how to renovate houses, and currently looking for my first house hack or flip in the southeastern MA area (have been looking at areas such as Barnstable, Plymouth, and Bristol counties). 

Has anyone else started making the jump form renovating houses to building them new?

My thought is any tree on the property could at any time fall on the house, we have two other large trees in the yard as well.

I buy properties from turnkey companies and also from the MLS and give it to PM folks.Lately I am noticing that in the houses that I have purchased there are issues that have surfaced which could have been handled in a better way when the property was bought itself.

Here's a fundamental explanation to get your juices flowing:Assume a house costs $200,000 and rents for $1,500.

I found a really solid duplex opportunity to house hack but the property has existing leases through December of 2024.I am looking to buy and move into a property in the next 2-3 months. 

So it's a one stop shop kind of deal and with everything being handled in house the interests have to be mutually aligned because that provider is married to you for the longevity of the investment. 

If the property is worth more with the house then without.

I know I'm not bound by Fair Housing Laws with only 1 property, but it's something I want to be conscious of as I develop my process both for this go around and in the future.