Now that my personal finances are in better shape, I plan to open a taxable brokerage account and use gains generated in the stock market as additional capital to invest in real estate.My primary interests include long term, buy and hold strategies; real estate financing methods; single family and small to medium multi-unit properties; and property management.

For my medium term rentals, I don't require an application because I get mostly traveling medical professionals and digital nomads who are screened through the booking platform (hello landing).

I am a newbie in the flipping business and I have a basic question about the viability of this strategy in more expensive neighborhood: I live in the south bay area and the medium price here is somewhere between $500k~$1M depending on the exact area, and the market is very competitive and price appreciation has been a norm on for a while and a lot of areas are already way above the pre-crash highs.You are in a market that's similar to mine.

Hey Drew for Sure I do a Lot of New Development Ventures with my Private Capital, or I get funding from other medium and large institutions send me a PM and let get more into it.

For a bedroom, it must have an above grade window 2 sq ft opening I think but there is a " width/height for ingress/egress.

All things being equal, in a flat area with low levels of snow and medium levels of rain, I would build a ranch, side loading garage, master suite split from the other bedrooms.

(Width of stairs, height, etc).

What he needs to find is a happy medium.

We do the work with our own crews and frame, LVL, drywall & finish material costs are usually less than $500 for up to 20' widths, so not much cost directly associated with the opening.  

But even so—I think condos are a better bet in the short-to-medium term.