> 1. Buy a house in a place where it's normal for people for rent rooms or have roommates.
Not sure where you live, but you already have to be a Millionaire in order to do this. Especially a house with multiple rooms that you can rent out.
Not sure where you live, but you already have to be a Millionaire in order to do this. Especially a house with multiple rooms that you can rent out.
And plenty of people still seek roommates in these areas; lower housing costs also tend to correlate with lower wages and general cost of living, so it doesn't mean everyone is going to automatically live alone just because you're not in SF or NYC.
OP is right though: most people don't want to be landlords. I was for a few years, then decided I didn't really want to be in that business. Pity too: my tenants were great and I was bringing in +$300/month over mortgage/insurance/etc. costs.