I assume buy and hold but are you focusing on single family or multi-family? 

Multi-Family properties offer more potential returns but they also come with more complexity and management responsibilities.

For house hacking, consider multi-family properties or single-family homes with additional units.

I believe the city council or something needs to be involved, it’s an involved process, I would assume it’s a single family & go off that, the fact that it’s been illegally converted to a multi family is not a factor in the success or failure of trying to get it zoned as a multi.

(The only exception is multi-families.

Someone with a few bucks and wants a partner.

If you’re a high W-2 earner, $200 bucks a month in cash flow isn’t going to make much difference in your life.  

If you’d like to discuss multi-family strategies or opportunities further, feel free to reach out!

I own some rentals in Cleveland and Milwaukee and I am a couple of weeks from closing on another multi family in Wisconsin.

If your talking about a multi unit it that you live in one unit then having savings is likely your best bet.