Choose plants that are easy to maintain and complement your home's style.

Multifamily rentals help add the extra protection against vacancy and they typically always debt service themselves.You can also focus on amenity style homes or locations to increase your STR ROI and focus on either turn key or TLC properties to speed up the ARV potential.

Clearly his selling style is incompatible with your buying style- move on.

They had found a niche in financing the small mill village style houses common in the Upstate. 

This type of financing will typically look very different and more like a traditional commercial real estate loan.That means a DSCR calculated based on a full NOI and expense load (so inclusive of vacancy loss estimates, credit loss estimates, repairs and maintenance, utilities, management fees and more – in addition to the property taxes and insurance expense that are the only expenses factored in on traditional residential style DSCR loan financing).Additionally, the DSCR minimums are generally going to be higher (typically up to 1.25x), the loan to value ratios lower (higher down payments) and underwrite more sophisticated (which makes sense considering the size and scope of the property).Many multifamily investors for properties of this size (such as more than 11 units) can syndicate capital and have more sophisticated financial and entity structures – its definitely a different world once you get up here in unit count.In Conclusion – when you are looking to invest in multifamily real estate and finance your investment – make sure you have the unit count in mind before you start shopping – the unit range can have a huge effect on your options.

It is a great brokerage and system, but it is the most "pyramid" style business in the real estate business.

If the garage is not built to support the weight of additional floors or is not adequately reinforced, it may not be suitable for conversion.Insulation: Another important consideration is insulation.

@Kyle Mitchell yeah, I'm not sure who is telling you that there is a difference between second homes and investment properties...are you talking to someone who is doing a "non-QM" loan or a "portfolio'd" style loan?  

This doesn't sound like it's in one of the high-performing resort-style communities, so I would be a little cautious.

Rich information may be obtained from websites such as Realtor.com, Zillow, and local real estate blogs and forums.For out-of-state investors, investor-friendly agents are essential since they are knowledgeable about investment methods, have access to market data for the rental market, and can identify what qualities make a property a suitable investment.