Also, unless they're on a permanent foundation, the city won't permit them as ADUs.  

My question is that this girl is on permanent disability from the military and gets plenty of money in assistance and does not need this roommate around. 

Depends on when you have the equity - we built our personal residence and after we got permanent financing we then applied for a heloc since we had the equityNote a lender will probably only go to 80%.

Hi BP,My wife and I renovating our first investment property, a duplex in Indianapolis, using a 203K loan.Because I am a permanent resident (I immigrated from Canada to marry her in 2013), all of the loan is in her name, which may or may not be tricky. 

View things as stepping stones and not being permanently stuck in a situation you want to get out of.

A 10 oz soda spill made on a wood or tile floor is a simple wipe up but permanent damage to carpet and pad.  

We want to move my mother in law into a house (a new pre-fabricated house on a permanent foundation) on about 3/4 of an acre of our land.  

First, I wAnt to let you know that I am an immigrant here in Canada for almost 7 yrs and still working on my permanent residence.

The 80% LTC includes all costs, construction, land, permitting, plans, survey, etc.Once complete, I do permanent financing at 75% LTV (due to it being 2-4 units) based on an as built appraisal.

Do share, I'm so excited and hoping to learn more from your experience and become a little more "clueful", my favorite new word introduced by @Anna Watkins as I find it a welcome solution to my permanent sense of cluelessness.Happy Holidays Cudi and everyone!