So from their POV the property performs even better as they do not care about any forced savings for maintenance/capex/vacancy.I recommend coming prepared with all of your rental property information documented in a clear and concise manner to present to your lender when you want to get pre-approved for your primary residence.If you get resistance from a lender...find a different one.Cheers!

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There are also effective ways at making them resistant to excessive heat.Since they are originally built for transport, they can be easily moved when they need to be.They can withstand practically any extreme weather, such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.

One thing they came up with in the recent inspection was that they want the entire garden unit drywall ceiling to be 5/8" for 1 hour fire resistance.

We were worried about how buyers would view them, so we made sure there were compensating factors with the house that buyers couldn't resist.

(Stands by expecting a bolt of lightning)  Since it now takes very little skill or effort to sell these days that's the path of least resistance so it's going to accumulate more lemmings. 

It is definitely going to be my only residence but if the chance is there to make a good profit it will be hard for me to resist putting it on the market.

You might also consider a partnership and do a few flips, more money never hurts and you may buy out your partner/rehabber.Just some suggestions off the top of the old head, sorry if you thought I was jabbing at you, I wasn't, I usually take the path of least resistance to say something and sometimes it doesn't work well in a forum......Good luck!

I'm not a huge fan of the area, but many people aren't as resistant to the commute as they were 10 years ago.

Also as a tip if you get all of this checked quick you can get your modular plan picked out and go through planning to see if there is going to be resistance to your build and even get permits to almost to be ready to break ground before releasing contingency and having to start paying interest payments on your construction loans.