I am looking for advice regarding a potential rental property above my garage. I am a property investor that primarily flips homes and I own a dozen rental properties. I recently purchased a vacant 1905 4300sq ft home...

Will purchase a Victorian house in a very prestigious avenue in Saint Paul, MNThe lot is 11000 square feet and I am allow to put a carriage house on top of garage to rent as airbnb.It is worth it?

To put it another way, you can't technically rent the main unit or the main house to one party and rent the carriage house/basement apartment to another party.

One way to tell if a wall is load bearing is if it sits right on top of a basement support post or on top of the steel I-beam or wooded carriage beam that spans across the basement.

You could buy a place now as your primary residence, live in the suite whether that is a smaller basement suite, carriage house above the detached garage and rent out the main house.To replace your entire income, depending on how much that is, it will take a lot of rentals or more time. 

I can afford to leave some money in the property, doubtful that my potential partner could in 5 months time but maybe in a year.The property:-It's currently an owner occupied legal duplex (2 bed up, 2 bed down) in a century home with enormous unused carriage house (garage)-House needs a lot of cosmetic help and updating but is structurally and mechanically sound.

I agree with Jody - first VA buy was a three, I lived in one, renovated the second floor of the carriage house so now it was a 4, and I lived there for 10 years while refinancing to get cash out and buy mo the 4’s.  

And if you want a rental component, you can always house hack either by the room or -- if you want more privacy -- by finding a home with a basement apartment or a carriage house/mother-in-law suite out back. 

Specifically looking for Comox, Courtenay, Campbell River but also Nanaimo area.Looking for:average rents (mainly suited homes or house/carriage house)Short term rental market Rental housing demand/vacancyCurrently based in the okanagan/Shuswap and looking at other areas to diversify in BC.

I like the basement apartment or carriage house style of house hacking.