I stayed recently in a large daylight basement with a bedroom/bathroom and a bar sink with a coffee pot and a microwave.

February 6 Bill Cook is going to PCREIA to speak about his door knocking!  

I can’t say lacking the ground is as safe as having it, but driving isn’t safe, nor is cooking etc in certain applications.

@Uju Anyanwu I accepted a tenant with a drug possession (not pot) charge, dismissing it as something that happened years ago and now the tenant is a good citizen, but then (you guessed it) they got arrested again a few months into the 12-month lease they signed with me. 

Houses with enough space to park a boat... larger patios with basic outdoor kitchens to clean and cook the days catch.

People are leaving the state due to grossly over taxed counties like as Cook County as well as the states mismanagement.

@Nicholas Cook I would love to connect and talk shop sometime!

Using those capital funds for a SFH that you plan to live in and rent out an in law unit to help pay off your mortgage might not be bad idea but I agree that that route might not be the best use of your capital.I have investments in Sacramento and as @Nicholas Cook mentions, the west coast is more of an appreciation game rather than cash flow.

I provide that, plus a place to cook and do laundry in an environment that looks like Hugh Hefner decorated it.

You could even sweeten the pot and pay them a couple thousand more to do the work.If the work is done prior to closing, this allows you to buy the home on a 3.5% FHA loan, but not have to deal with the extra paperwork and the longer turn time to close the loan that an FHA203K requires.