Stuff like closing before permits are issued and allowing us to do cash out on land give us a strategic advantage and allow us to decrease project duration; thus increasing AROI.

Do landlords normally find temporary housing for the tenants?

I owned a couple rentals back in the 80's but sold when I moved for my job.I have considerable assets, just built a ranch and house with cash, will appraise for about 500.My income is in excess of 300 and I have plenty in the stock market.My job is temporary and will last about 18 more months.I would like to purchase some SFH to cash flow.

This will be owner occupied - we intend on living in the primary house and renting out the apartment in the back.. i would just like to secure a conforming mortgage to decrease the overall costs.

If you manage them yourself, will this decrease costs?

:)So, yes, hourly wage is a factor for me, but I like to focus on decreasing my time investment in order to increase that hourly wage.

It is a temporary resting place for them to stay so of course many are not going to care about making it sparkle and fixing issues.They look at you the "rich evil landlord" as getting enough money from them already so they justify living like animals in their minds.I have seen before broken windows where they took cheap plexi glass and put silicone to keep it in place.

A small, temporary leak in the kitchen can ruin the subfloor.

Their interest would be more in capital preservation and green cards, namely the EB-5 program (google it), that will give temporary to permanent legal status for foreign investors that pony-up 500k to 1mil a pop to invest in any US-based projects.

That decreases the basis (whether you take it or not.)