Ideally, I'd like to take advantage at Airbnb'ing both units, but I am wondering if I should play it safe and long term the top unit to ensure consistent income and Airbnb the bottom unit.

The amount can get us an average home in a slightly cheaper area or one of the lowest priced homes in a more affluent area... we want to rent the property out and ideally breakeven.

I deal with this all the time due to the laws on the books in oregon which came about due to things landlords did....I will say that I do feel that tenants should be given an option to pay their rent without incurring extra fees.

It depends on rents and goals and other factors, but buying w/o selling is ideal in my eyes. 

Changing jobs is not ideal when applying to buy a house--thanks for your thought-provoking questions!

How do I deal with the new tenant? 

This would be ideal for me since I want to be able to keep the bills down as much as possible and I know paying for the power could get crazy high in the seasons.

As a buy-and-hold real estate investor, it's really an ideal environment. 

Ideally, we would have the house listed at the end of this week.Regarding the 212 loan where the January payment was due, I found out two things that I thought were different, but really glad it is this way.

Unfortunately, the area I'm looking at lacks much on the market because ideally I would prefer to take an existing building and overhaul the inside, hence exploring the option to build now.As I look at the existing commercial properties for sale, I see that there are designations on the property type.