I believe you understand why this is not an idea that professionals can endorse.If you're planning to actually alter the ownership, all for DTI purposes, then it may not be worth the benefit.

Landlord shall not be obligated to clean, decorate, alter, repair, or otherwise improve the rental, either before or after the execution of this lease, unless agreed to in writing as part of this Agreement.

Just to break it down a bit lets just say your rental brings in $800/mo. ... most PM's will probably charge 10% so I'll use that --- that translates into about $80/mo. that you pay your PM to manage that unit.

There is a language barrier that I largely combat with Google Translator. 

Early on in my career as an investor, I realized that this translates to around $2500 per apartment in a multifamily building.

I love talking shop & it seems some of my experience seems to translate!

The results that you have today in form of your savings account and your credit score will translate into similar results, just on a larger scale, when you start to invest in RE.

If it is allowed, you then need to evaulate what alterations would be required in order to comply with the change of use.

I realize a bigger pockets about real estate and not the stock market but I like the diversification and wouldn’t consider cashing in or altering my portfolio.

We did a multiplier which in return translated to roughly a 6 EBITDA