A traditional single-family rental may net you only $280/month, whereas a co-living setup can bring in over $1,100/month from the same property.4.

And this might indeed require some time to pass before doing that.You could still create a single member LLC with either you or your wife as member. 

Purchase price: $2,500 Cash invested: $5,000 Single family House (2 stories), 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. 1100 sq ft. on Corner LotSingle car garage with 16' x 24' lean too.

You're right that it's getting tougher to find solid cash-flowing properties ($600 or more) in Grand Rapids, but the appreciation potential of a single-family home or duplex in Grand Rapids would be much better than that of a mobile home.

I'd be looking at multiple structures. we try to build below the average new build cost in our market in Columbus Ohio which is 515,000 last year and we target land 40-50k and urban core adjacent where we get higher price per square foot. we build for clients with margin around $190 a sq ft depending on multi or single. we can get that down in our triplex it's a little higher on our single family homes because of garages and limited economies of scale. hope that helps. idk Philly but if you show me the area and styles of homes I can give you some more insights. 

I currently work with investors in the states and out of the states to build a portfolio in Turn-Key, Single-family long-term rentals.

You want to look for like/kind SOLD properties to compare so, single family to single family and multi to multi (2-4). 

what would you think of a 14,600sqft 3 unit property in sailboat bend, off market, that is RMM25 zoned and has a nice single family and duplex behind it, half of the lot if empty so it can be developed or RV/trailer parking, for $1.1M?

I need more adviceJust now I suddenly had an idea, the land left by the LA fire and SB-9 (SB-9 allows single-family residential lots to be split into two lots)Is this a good opportunity?

What type of property do you plan to purchase(Single, multi, commercial, etc) and where do you plan to buy it?