Some real estate investors like to distinguish themselves by labeling their advice as “creative.”

I emailed the zoning officer to see if it could be used as a single family and an ADU and his response was: “Town” does not distinguish between an in-law suite and a multi-family.

I can imagine lots of different people named like Robert Smith that have criminal records - so how is a screener to distinguish one from the next?

The cutoff between calling a 5 unit+ building "commercial" as to distinguish it from a 1-4 unit is an arbitrary distinction and has no place in evaluating the investment for your own purposes.

I wouldn’t distinguish this from anything else like inspection items used as a tactic to renegotiate.

@Buddy LaRue you're right I wasn't distinguishing between these forms of ownership.

Sorry.Quick note: We will be adding batching to our emailing shortly, so you can get these alerts in a digest email, but we just can't distinguish between Washington state, DC, or the President.

With me being a new investor and actually looking for a mentor to work with, I'm finding it hard to distinguish between someone soliciting a particular program they teach, and someone who is genuinely looking to work with someone and see them grow and become successful in their real estate career.

What distinguishes the successful folks from the ones that are not is the passion to keep going despite the obstacles.

Plus, maybe the "improvements" you did are too much for a rental and would just end up costing you more to repair down the road after tenant damage.I do find it interesting that your question distinguishes between reinvesting or "going through the hassles of renting".