Hiring a lawyer sounds expensive, but it is way cheaper than hiring a amateur (in this case yourself) who costs you money and provides no results (and then you need to hire a professional anyway).My personal philosophy is to "do it right, or do it twice" and its way cheaper to do it right once. 

I have a tax firm that specializes in working with real estate professionals/investors.

To determine price range, the first step is always figuring our how much you are pre-approved for; and that can vary significantly when you are looking at multi-unit properties because of the additional variable of rental income that can be included in qualifying.

Those tens of billions in valuation depended on pre-fire conditions.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

You could rent to young professionals or to families.

@Alan Robert Litz Yep I’m planning to live in the property, I’ve already been pre approved and talked with 2 lenders.

So you seek info to assist your pre-determined narrative that there dumb, bad, and doing wrong. 

Most are traveling professionals needing an alternative to a thousand dollar a week hotels.

Readers should seek professional advice.