I grew up north of San Francisco and then moved to live and invest in Reno, NV.

We purchased it with the intention of living in the Ground floor + BSMT apartment and renting the 2nd floor apartment.

Good to know as I have a property coming on the market and we had one off market offer already all cash but at 10% list price discount (which we most likely will reject).Curious if you think the california fires will assist the market since many of those people need places to live for years and I am guessing some will flee california?

The couple who lived right next door to our development have an old home that they rent out- it's about 1000sf on half an acre. 

It has ample basement living space, that the tenant uses as a third bedroom.

You'll need a contact who lives in Philadelphia for a rental license now to put down their contact info for the city.

I live in Charlotte and would prefer a multi-family investment property that is within a 3-4 hour drive so I'm considering areas that include: Charlotte, Raleigh / Research Triangle, Charleston, and Atlanta.

Since then I have located the area where they entered and sealed it off, however I'm having trouble killing the ones currently living in the attic.

I work in group home settings for a living and at my previous facility there were two clients per bedroom which would give you potentially 8 in your house while at my current job there is one client per bedroom which would only be 4 clients in your home.

The single biggest advantage of selling your homestead is that you can take all the Cap gain tax free if you have lived in the home as your homestead for 2 of the last 5 years.