All Forum Posts by: David Zimmer

Love it guys. I have a Fellow kettle at home and couldn't recommend it enough. It's not the cheapest but the quality is worth it. I like the idea of including some local beans!

I'm a Chemex coffee snob but I imagine a lot of MTRs and STRs prefer something easier. Although I've stayed in smaller Airbnbs that had pour over coffee setups. What's everyone's experience here on coffee?

Interesting info about STR listings, thank you. Fortunately it is currently somewhat liberal here with STRs. Zoning however would be strict if I tried to turn it into a real multifamily or by the room. I have no plans to ever do a by the room strategy. I think it could work as one big MTR and just barely as a LTR so I feel like I have multiple exit strategies, and it is a house I feel comfortable living in as-is. I will likely alternate living in the ADU and larger house depending on the opportunities.

I've done a lot of research and know for a fact that having an ADU is allowed in the zoning I'm in. Within the right parameters (like setback, max sq ft, etc) it is actually allowed in all residential zones. The grey area would be if I decide to move out and put a tenant in the main house while continuing to rent out the ADU. A workaround could be listing the entire place as a big MTR. All in all, it's still a great house hack opportunity.

Hi Denis - did you ever get more clarification on this? I'm looking into a similar issue where a home would make for an excellent combination of STR/MTR but is not technically zoned for multifamily.

Thanks Konstantin. I've looked around for info about zoning in my city and it seems easier said than done to get a hold of a person. I'll look more into it though.

Thanks Colleen. It technically does not allow for multifamily based on the residential density. So if I was to call this a duplex it would be not allowed.

I do plan to live in it at first and develop the downstairs apartment into a MTR and STR. That should be fine. The problem is if I will get myself into hot water if/when I move out and have an MTR upstairs and a STR downstairs. I'm sure I could "get away with it" for a bit but the risk is a concern.

I have to imagine other MTR/STR investors have run into this situation. I may cross post in the STR forum to get more opinions.

One more thing - I will be living in the property for at least the first six months as I develop it into a medium term rental.

I am putting an offer in on a house that is split level. The previous owner used the downstairs area for her business and it has a room with plumbing, a bedroom, and a full bath. That area actually has it's own address and can actually be accessed from a different road than the front. I would just need to add a door with a smart lock so I could convert it to a MTR/STR.

I want to do my due diligence in regard to making this a MTR/STR. I want to avoid any possibility of conflicts with the county and zoning. Perhaps this house having a separate address could be a built in benefit, but I don't know what I don't know. The zoning is currently NOT multifamily. Any recommendations on how to cover my bases would be awesome.

Thanks @Randall Alan and @Jay Hurst. My thought is that I would like to not need to go back into savings in order to purchase another property in the next 6-12 months. But it sounds like the refi closing costs make that not make sense unless I'm adding value so that it appraises higher. I guess that would make this a BRRR and not a BRRRR.