@Cathy Song im not an attorney but i would guess you are SOL if the garage was not excluded in the lease.

If the 3 Ca cities had the average of the 5 (I highly suspect they had more than the average), those 3 cities had tech growth close to 6 times the rest of the nation (excluding the 5 cities on the list).  

The problem with insurance is the companies put in loopholes to exclude coverage.

Payments that you make normally fall into one of 3 buckets100% of the payment can be factored in somewhere on the returnPartial payment can be factored somewhere on the return0% of the payment can be factored in somewhere on the returnHouse-hacking also has considerable tax implications in the event that you want to sell this property.You can potentially defer a portion or all of the gain on the investment property with 1031 exclusion.You can potentially exclude a portion or all of the gain on the personal residence with section 121 exclusion

We can't exclude what the impact of every decision we make is on those that are not in our immediate view when making those decisions.Sometimes, choosing the "ugly" decision can keep everything else "pretty", and making a shortsighted "pretty" decision, can turn everything that follow very "ugly".

So for instance, lets say the mortgage is $3400 flat and that split amongst 5 people would be $680 but I was thinking about raising the price per person to $750. 750x4(roommates excluding me)=$3000 leading me to only pay 400$ month compared to paying the full $3400 by myself.

The verbiage in the proposition also very clearly excludes changes to agricultural property so I am not sure where that point is coming from.

In 7 years, he will collect $185k-$210k in gross rents (excluding any increase in rental rents over that 7 year term).

The number of financed properties calculation includes:the number of one- to four-unit residential properties where the borrower is personally obligated on the mortgage(s), even if the monthly housing expense is excluded from the borrower’s DTI in accordance with B3-6-05, Monthly Debt Obligationsthe total number of properties financed, not to the number of mortgages on the property or the number of mortgages sold to Fannie Mae (a multiple unit property counts as one property, such as a two-unit); the borrower’s principal residence if it is financed; andthe cumulative total for all borrowers (though jointly financed properties are only counted once).

If I’m able to secure seller financing, am I excluded from cash-out refi’ing post-reno & rent?