Or sign up for the Southwest Card and get minimum 2 trips for free basically (let me refer you!

You need to read the contract you signed with the builder . as you do you will realize it does 1 basic thing .

why would you ever want to sign a 35 or 36 month lease on residential properties?

Apparently when I signed up, it tried to take the profile picture from my Google account and use that.

In the last (catastrophic) downturn, many growing markets experienced little decline in value...my market had a 5%...maybe 10% decline at most (and cash flow actually increased).

@Michael Stanley NinoDo yourself a favor and invest passively alongside an experienced investor who can put you in a much larger investment (100+ units).

I do have some questions for those experienced Rochester area investors out there that I was hoping to get some help with:Because I don't have much cash on hand and I want to get started as soon as possible, I am interested in utilizing an FHA Loan and house hacking, preferably a four family in the range of $200,000 or less.

If you really want to pursue this I would attempt to get photos of the unit prior to when that tenant moved in (from the PM or the former owner - or at the very least a checklist the tenant signed noting any damages when they moved in). 

@Jim GoebelThank you very much for sharing your perspective, your thoughts are very useful for me, I have a little break from managing everyday issues, so I was thinking to make some decisions on who is responsible for  working fire detectors, what company to hire to check detectors and other safety issues, I am going to sign an addendum/reminder that people would not use basements as a bedroom if there are no 2 exits. 

And we didnt have the cash to fix it how we wanted.So fast forward too February 2018, 3 years and another child later, my family and I experienced a house fire and let me tell you, it was horrifying.