Am also looking to move to Buffalo NY eventually so house hacking is a "must" part of this goal.Since I am a beginner and live 8hrs by car away from Buffalo I figure I will start with a turn key property from: http://www.buffaloturnkeyproperties.com/Am sure the owner of this company will say any of his properties are a good investment but I am the type that  need to know why the property is a good investment.

There are a lot more soft costs that go into a new build and often times the economies of scale allow you to build two or more properties at the same time.  

As many landlords found out back in 2007/2008 and the years following, there's really no such thing, especially when the economy goes into free-fall. 

All of a sudden a car pulls up to the front of the house (parks on the street facing the wrong way)  jumps out of his car, runs up the lawn and flings the front door open and flies into the house.  

What is the local economy like, is there low unemployment or high? 

Derek be carful when making a decision to waive any requirements you have informed applicants of in advance.

Once join the local board, will the agent automatically become a member in CAR, NAR and MLS?  

She told me then that she always filed because it has happened for her multiple times where someone wants to buy a house or get a car loan but can't because they have a judgment on their credit report so they come crawling back to settle up.Too bad she kept putting people in my properties that had to be evicted or I may have kept her.

For instance, if I were to sell you my car and say "this transaction is governed by......Alaskan law, the Judge would probably frown at me that day and I would get in trouble.However, as you point out, each state has their own "choice of law" rules, and I am not allowed to tell anyone exactly what those may be in a state other than Virginia.

For example, the sold comp may have a single car garage, the subject has a double car, you add the value of the additional garage to the comp to bring that sold value up.