Unless VA is very different, they can only withhold rent for very limited issues that affect habitability.

I'll bet you would dig thru 1000 properties if there are that many to find a decent OTC deal in Texas. 

I found this odd, so I decided to call Cobb County and they advised that a basement can only be rented by one adult with some kind of square footage per person limitation, and I could not wall off the basement door.

The majority of STR properties in Oregon fall within the loan limits of  up to $2-3M depending on the property type.

Rick, I think online permits are limited to the items below that I pulled off the website: Request Electrical & Plumbing permit for new or replacement electrical & plumbing for single family/duplex homes

Generally best bet is to be able to do significant portfolios at a time and try to bundle at least 8-10 of these in one blanket loan

Do you have a set temperature limit?

Would I vote for policies that I think hurt tenants and limit housing supply? 

Based on your financing options, you are going to be limited to 4 units or under, given 5 and over become commercial lending, so no FHA or owner-occupied options.I am assuming you plan on living in one of the units, but to be clear, that will be a requirement for at least 12 months, under most mortgages.You may get other's posting about talking with wholesalers or trying to find off market deals.  

It was inspected as a duplex, and I'd bet it'll be appraised as a duplex as well (basically removing the oven gives the appraiser plausible deniability), which could create value issues and impact your DTI if you need to use rental income to qualify.