Quote from @Matthew Posteraro: Me and my wife are aiming to start our real estate investing journey with our first house around June/July in the Lehigh Valley area.

At 29, I’m working toward retiring in 15 years by acquiring 10-20 rental properties using house hacking and the BRRRR strategy.

Then progress to permits and then building.You could also just do it and hope the city doesn't notice, which they probably won't.Your challenge will be getting Certificates of Compliance on the units!

Quote from @Scott MacComb: I am doing my first true house flip (have remodeled plenty of houses for rental) and am trying to figure out a contract to use with a new general contractor whom I have not worked with previously. 

@Luke Spencer I am not on the management side but I can tell you it took 2+ years to fill 300 units at one of our facilities and the other just hit 300 units in 12/13 months so it really depends on the demographics, and local housing market trend, the more people moving in and out the higher the demand for storage.I think if you're looking at a saturated market then the upfront cash to turn the warehouse into self storage is not a good idea but then again, maybe those operators are on back roads ( low visibility ) and don't push google ads well.

Why move the house . just cut a section off .

When I did my first house hack in Columbus I showed very low income on taxes. 

Here in the USA you have to be licensed to build a structure that will house someone else.

At that time I will get the house cleaned up and list it on the market and when it sells I've agreed to get reimbursed my costs for reinstatement plus any other costs plus a fee for my efforts.

I first house hacked in Malden when I bought a 2 family.