This is critical to understand if they will be a headache to deal with.

Also know that upon sale sometimes the presence of more water meters increases value.Curious to understand the forum's opinion on the best water meter configuration given costs OR if it’s just not worth it and I should leave the one master meter and stick with RUBS on all 4 units.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.DM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

A lot of people tend to mingle these things when they talk about "break even" or "cap rate", but that leads to a lot of confusion.Let's use some real numbers which may be easier to understand. 

After you feel confident in understanding real estate as an investment vehicle, decide how you want to begin your investing journey.

From my understanding a single family with an ADU still classifies as a single family, NOT a duplex. 

If you like to be risky with your capital maybe try putting it in some index funds, crypto, or stocks that you believe in and understand and then take it out when its made a good return and then use it for the downpayment.  

@Barbie Steele I want to make sure I understand what you said so I can apply it to my situation.

I understand I should seek further guidance, I'm just conducting preliminary research to formulate a course of action.

Also, it appears from your comments that you do not have a full understanding of how depreciation works post-1031.