@Sarah Sullivan - We had an investor client purchase a 3 bed 1 bath brick ranch on a crawl space with fairly accessible plumbing fixtures.

You would not be able to access additional cash beyond what was borrowed.The other scenario worked similarly, you can't borrow beyond the cash you paid. 

They're an important clientele for short-term rentals so being easily accessible from the capital by road is a big plus.If you exclude Mexico as a Caribbean destination, the Dominican Republic is by far the number 1 tourism destination in the Caribbean and that's unlikely to change anytime soon.

I was going to try to rent out ADU as MTR to travel nurses since the house is close to hospitals and accessible to MUNi bus line - not sure the MTR part could get around the rent control issue since the main house is LTR. 

It is basically all on the cloud (Yay for remote access to run Quickbooks desktop) and could be sourced out to virtual assistants pretty soon.

You may find that accessing sewer comes with a high one-time tap fee plus a fee for each unit that will be served, the same for water.

Define how funds can be accessed.

Depending on your goals, you may be able to deal with lower (or even negative) cashflow to access greater appreciation/tax deductions.

According to the mail clerk at the final Post Office, they received the mail, scanned it and dropped it in the correct mail box that only the owner has access.

Anyone have any better options to access the equity in my home?