Then literally hundreds of these of come across my desk seeking financing - and typically the pro forma looks great while the actual historical financials show almost no more profit than Simple long term rentals after paying management fees, higher interest rates necessary for these type properties, increased repairs and maintenance, and faster depreciation.There’s also a personal reason I don’t invest in these properties ( I DO finance them).  

q=fannie+freddie+2+adus&sc...Simple search will show F/f by rule does not allow 2 ADUs.  

With my experience with very wealthy individuals who have complete freedom of time, one common denominator is: Keep it simple and a little boring. 

This article from Realtor.com in 2016 points out eight of the largest differences: https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/red-vs-blue-states-polit...Regardless of political affiliation, the simple truth is that more government involvement almost always results in more problems for ordinary people.

The first few times were far enough apart from each other that we searched for other simple reasons it would not work only to be told we have to re-setup the existing tenant in payments. 

@Natalie Johnstone There's no perfect answer, but the general indicators are the simple ones - population growth, median household income growth, businesses moving to the area. 

Keeping it as simple as I can for the first one.

Highly unlikely - but this is a simple question for the agent that you're working with on builders risk.

It's a simple question.

I believe you either do the simple 27.5 yrs depreciation yourself or hire a tax pro, but the latter option is not guaranteed to pay for itself.