I would bet the most of us self manage.

I would say your best bet is to see if you can purchase a home with an assumable mortgage. 

But California also has pretty onerous land-use regulations that limit supply, and there’s been a lot less financial distress than people were expecting, with one of the lowest loan-to-value ratios on outstanding mortgages in the country.

I really see Columbus Ohio as an extremely safe bet for the next 10-20 years.

If done the other way around, the terms of your preapproval will change.With residential financing, you cannot purchase directly into a LLC (unless you look at DSCR) but that still would limit you to the 5% down conventional.  

There are multiple factors that go into determining rents and if there is limited data the rents will be off. 

After he became completely paralyzed, I found myself wondering if we'd ever be able to use our own vacation home because it wasn't accessible for him and it made me realize just how limited and unwelcoming the world is for people with disabilities.

*Do we charge them rent and then gift that amount back to them (the FMR is well below annual gift limits) or can we gift them rent and still deduct expenses on our taxes?

I’ve tried to look up municipal codes online in regards to rent by the room and limits on unrelated people living in the same home and have had no luck.

I have seen a Heloc lower an investors scores due to excessive tradelines and due to the balance to credit limit percentage.