Home sales typically decrease during the winter months.

Here is a list of what adding ADUs, especially in single family zoned areas,  in my CA market is typically a poor RE investment:1) The value added by the ADU addition is often significantly less than the cost of adding the ADU.

Properties are typically $100K.

I have heard a little about seller financing and it seemed interesting but just unsure how to find deals, start, or how the negotiation typically goes.

We actually got our one duplex under contract while my wife was about 8 months pregnant.  

@Lucas Helliker I am a multifamily broker who only sells multifamily in the KC metro - typically 5-50 units but go as low as 2 and up to about 72 units.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Out-of-state investors typically focus on larger cities like Louisville or Lexington, which dominate about 75% of discussions I have with OOS investors unless it's an STR market.

When it corrects there are typically just a greater amount of opportunity especially when there was a large run up to the correction by those who did not follow traditional risk mitigation measures when investing.

So if you have one unit advertised for rent on 6/1, another on 8/1, and another on 10/1, this will affect the depreciation  % on the tax return.Repair vs capex: capex would typically include all costs prior to the property being placed in service INCLUDING mortgage interest, insurance, property taxes, utilities, etc.