Are the kids walking around the living room? 

page=LoadVirtualDoc&BookmarkID=6536) that capped annual increases to the Taxable Value of a property to the lower of 5% or Michigan's Cost of Living increase.

I work in group home settings for a living and at my previous facility there were two clients per bedroom which would give you potentially 8 in your house while at my current job there is one client per bedroom which would only be 4 clients in your home.

Quote from @Vince Scipione: Yes, they are a popular choice where I live and work, however with the ever fluctuating cost of oil heat, many people have swapped over their boilers/furnaces to what is called a "Propane Gun" essentially it is a device that is affixed to the front of the furnace/boiler that injects the propane and ignites it.

Both of those websites charge the tenants more than $25 and we require all adults living in our units to pay and fill out an application. 

I live in MA and I know it is a nightmare to deal with tenant here.

The seller must think he is sitting on a really hot property, or the buyer is asking for too long of a DD period.

And lived in it for at least 2 out of the 5 years prior to selling. 

Strategy 1: buy a duplex, live in one unit (for one year as a "primary residence) and rent out another unit as a short-term / mid-term rental on Airbnb.

Good to know as I have a property coming on the market and we had one off market offer already all cash but at 10% list price discount (which we most likely will reject).Curious if you think the california fires will assist the market since many of those people need places to live for years and I am guessing some will flee california?