But she takes excellent care of them (even put in a small concrete pool for them to play in during the summer:-).

I would not try and play in the gray on this one - keeo your marketing out of those areas.

As it is when money is at play.

That is the difference.The convertible equity play is just garbage.  

Cities don't play fair when they decide to go after you.One thing I would also suggest you do is look on AirBnB for the specific building you want to buy in. 

the one that broke even was a fix and flip play that the fix happened but the flip did not work. 

The article below sheds light on how DSCRs come into play with the BRRRR method.

Real estate investing is a team sport and at different points in the game different players will play more important roles.

I want to play devils advocate, to have a convincing argument.

The rooms are unfurnished and the tenants are very low-maintenance (hardly know they are there). 2+Unit Buildings here and nearby currently sell for $1.5M on average.I bought the property 16 years ago, so my mortgage rate is very low (2.2%) Even though the property is cashflow positive, my bigger play is the average 5% yearly appreciation.I'm looking for others who are interested in house-hacking in this neighborhood.