But if employing your family works for you and for them - great, go ahead.

Is a shared bathroom common or should we add more?

It's just common sense.

Water issues are the most common. 

Just want to start setting up as if it were. so far i have thought about creating 7 accounts.1) all rental income account 2) account where common utilities and mortgage will be billed3)maintence/capex expenses4)vacancy expense5)management expense (to put the units up for rent)6) property taxes 7)cashflow am i missing anything? 

Starting out, it’s common for new investors to own rentals personally to access better loan terms.You will most likely have to buy it in your personal name and move to LLC later.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

@Phil SheltonYou would need a civil engineer to provide a drawing to get submitted to zoning and get a permit if it passes zoning is most common This also depends on the road - if it’s a state road forget it as it will take a year to get approved and cost a fortune - if it’s a local road process not as cumbersome but don’t expect this to happen quicklyIn some instances you may have to prepare sight distances etc to make sure it’s safe to add a curb cut

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IE its common in so many areas that the 500k home in Wis sits on a 75k or 100k lot and 300 to 400k is the cost to construct say at 150 to 200 a foot..

In real estate, blunt honesty often protects people from common pitfalls or predatory advice that oversimplifies the challenges of investing.