Can you suggest an insurance company and contacts for our rental houses?

Purchase price: $160,000 Cash invested: $12,500Singe family house-hack renting two bedrooms in a 4-bed, 3 bath, 2-car garage home.What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Purchase price: $355,000 3 unit house hack with 2 separate buildings. 3 Bedroom/2 bath, 2 bedroom/2 bath, 1 bed/1 bath.

You still have flooring, cabinets, bathrooms, plumbing, insulation, paint, etc, so all that cost remains the same it would seem. 

Every single surface in the house was redone/replaced.

The concern is possible lead based paint.

I'll be sure to keep all your advice in mind as I look for my first house hack! 

This looks like my Uncle Bob's house. 

You have to include the cost of your time and the work, especially on a "scary house" is daunting indeed. 

There is a clause in the lease regarding the painting of the house.