.- Financing options: In some European countries, investors also turn to private lenders or lines of credit to expand their portfolio.To scale a portfolio in Europe, a common strategy is to reinvest rental income and refinance properties as their value increases over time.

A bad broker will try and soak you and will never get back to you and won't be worth a dirty diaper during the process.If you deal with a direct lender 1 on 1 then the processing and handling of the process will be in your lap.Some common questions to ask:1) Have them send you their bridge loan guidelines. 

You're making a fairly common mistake of designing your castle when you haven't even learned how to build a chicken coop.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: Btw anyone see a common thread between this, lane k.

You are suffering from a common misunderstanding of the law.

Illegal basement units seem to be very common in this area.

The most commonly listed minimum is 5.5sqft.6 - Heating and Cooling element.

As in the common rent for properties of the same size that you can put a box around on a map. 

I highlighted two common exceptions in my earlier post, but doesn't sound like either scenario applies to your case. 

Pretty common for the area to do work like this