My plan is to convert one of the unit's dining rooms into a bedroom.

Going into winter, people will stay home more, restaurants limited to outdoor dining will close for good as they are currently operating at a loss with outdoor dining only in some states.

We took down half a wall to make a breakfast bar and removed the dining room window to add a door to the patio.

Refinished cabinets, quartz counters, opened a wall to create a breakfast bar, removed Dining room window to put in a door to the patio.

I tend to look for stuff like a formal living room or dining room that can be made into a bedroom or contribute to a JADU for really high forced appreciation relative to expenditure.I don't know your situation but we could not afford a single family home in LA but we could afford two.

This is not a today problem; it's a problem that you will deal with until that area develops.You have competition with more pictures (better pictures) and they are probably still trying to fill the vacancy: https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/apa/d/large-2-or-3-bedroom-apartment/7047360490.htmlYour pictures aren't very good and don't showcase living, dining, bedroom, or amenities.

If you walk though the place and like the dining room table you can put it in the contract!

EX) Basement without proper egress windows, large family/dining rooms converted to bedrooms, too many bedrooms with no enough bathrooms, etc.)Keep in mind that low down payment owner-occupied loan programs won't leave you a ton of room for cash flow on properties.

Downtown Long Beach has a lot more to offer in my opinion, from the beach, to the fine dining, to the night life.

A 6 unit apartment complex should be elegible for 30 amortization and some cash out as long as you have owned it for some period of time.