My father has been a broker since 2004 and experienced the 2008 GFC himself.

My father and I love making trash into treasures and the price was right!

That's less that what my father is paying on policies in Florida for a $400k home not anywhere near the ocean.

Selling a house from my father's estate.

As my father was fond of saying: “Figures can’t lie, but liars can figure.” 

My father is a handyman, and he is willing to help me fix up the place & with any maintenance that may arise once its rented out. 2.

I've been eager to get in the game and I'm lucky enough to have a seasoned, career investor on my team in my father-in-law.- I love the area and I've been looking at multi-family in Montclair/Nutley/Verona/Bloomfield for about a year now.

My father has roughly 14 acres of land about 15 min west of Asheville.

I'd start with an appeal to the city for a Grand-father clause. 

Hi Navid-To start, I am sorry to hear about your father's dementia.It is fortunate that you were able to sell his business and he invested in 6 investment properties in California 10-15 years ago and he and your mother are living on the cash flow from those.You now are thinking about expanding your father's investment real estate portfolio because California is so expensive to live for them but don't have the same experience and confidence being new to investing.This is an honorable goal and you are right to be cautious and thoughtful.You asked about whether you should cash out refinance each house or borrow against all houses to get downpayment for new properties.