Yes this is a great country :) Hi Dave, Does this still apply to if I did an accelerated depreciation/cost segregation study and "squeezed out" depreciation early?

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

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.  

If you are in a college area, maybe having a study room/den could be interesting with the house pre wired for internet.If you are really set on your buyer being a house hacker, another interesting option for house hacking is to have each room with their own locks, etc.

Studies have shown that the longer a poorly paying or non payment tenant stays in a property, the greater the chance they do purposeful significant damage to the property.  

Your so damn obsessed with your "tribe" being right that you will literally say anything, do anything, no limits. 

The people advising to put properties into LLCs and not the loan, and add additionally insured to their policies have no idea what they're doing.The fact is everyone doing this in an attempt to limit their liability, is actually doing the opposite and greatly increasing their liability.

One issue is the challenge of qualifying, as conventional loans will have DTI requirements, income requirements, loan size limits, and loan amount limits that investors looking to scale a portfolio run into as soon as the financial freedom snowball starts rolling.