Single Family to Income Property in Boston

[Joshua Dawson]

BP'ers,

My wife and I are beginning to plan for our first home purchase in Boston. We plan on buying an income property, or converting a single family into one (if the numbers make sense). Our budget may only allow for the latter, but who knows.

I have an appointment with the Boston zoning department to walk me through what will be needed for them to sign off on occupancy, but I was hoping somebody on BP had experience in converting a single family into an income property as what should I be looking for (e.g. square footage, number of egresses, plumbing...etc) as she and I begin our search. Ideallly, I'd have a checklist when viewing properties that I could use to evaluate them when I see them.

FYI - I'm Boston realtor, so have access to MLS and other lead sources.

Thanks so much!

Best,

Josh