Converting an unfinished basement into a third unit can definitely add value, especially here in Chicago.

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I have a 2-person unit with a glass top dining table and it has worked well.

Single family, 2-4 unit? 

I live on the main unit. 

Quote from @Somesh Mukherjee: Hi all, I am looking to diversify & add a small apartment (3-4 units) to my portfolio.

For comparison purposes, I hold ownership units in a LLC that owns a retail/service center where there is a mortgage loan that initially represented 50% of value, now about 35%.  

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) commercial investment investment.

They have a 3 bedroom unit coming too. 

Very difficult area to be a landlord.Tenant base is lifer tenants. very tough on the housestheft is rampant you leave a home vacant for more than a few days and you HVAC AC unit will take a walkKids break in and trash them.YAZOO Clay screws up the foundations big time.And lastly with those homes they were built so cheap in many instances they are just functionally obsolete and take way more maintenance than other areas of the country.