Most residences are single-family homes under 1500 sqft, with generous lot sizes ranging from 7,000 sqft to 0.5 acres for some properties.Interestingly, despite ample space, vacant lots in this area remain undeveloped with no additional units added.

Size of dining rooms has shrunk as part of this--we don't have dinners of 12-14 very much.

Hi Ashni, you'll be able to get something in the $400,000-$450,000 range with that size of a downpayment.

Were they dieting, weighing out food portions?

This allows you to take out a portion of your equity to use as a down payment on additional properties without selling any of your current assets.- Partner with Other Investors: Bringing in partners can help you pool resources and reduce individual risk.

We have absolutely no clue where to begin but in speaking with our lender he stated that we would have to find an investor with ground up experience to even begin to be considered for a loan of this size.  

May also want to maximize square-footage of property in comparison to land size, since land does not contribute to costseg3. costseg/STR: after one year, convert the entire building to AirBnB rentals4.

Is it normal to charge a portion of the total paint job, to the security deposit?

I've found most of my investors want to focus on scaling and are happy to give a portion of the income away to a trusted manager, which makes them free to pursue investing in other opportunities. 

it’s a 3 bedroom and about a mile away from USF so we considered that but the rooms are different sizes so I didn’t know if that would be a deal breaker for renting to college kids?