Took me an hour to dig down and find the leak, and less than 20 bucks for a 3/4 inch shark bite fitting. 

I took some satisfaction out of the fact that the little guy was pushing a boy's bicycle with 20-inch wheels up a hill, obviously really going places in his miserable life.

We had mostly brick homes, but we did have some houses that just had siding and we spent many times digging out bullets just over the babies crib, in the wall inches from the TV set, and more.  

Building code may be an issue, if your area requires a fire wall between living units, that means a fire resistant wall (block) that raises above the top plate about 18 inches I believe under roof, that would be hard to put into an existing building from the foundation up.By the time you do a conversion I'd say your tenant would be paying the cost of the add ons, you'll be paying for the house.

Your house floor may be supported by 12 inch to 18 inch brick or concrete pylons.

Things do sell fast in La Pine too though and prices are beginning to inch up, but homes have big lots. 

. #2, Whenever you give people an inch they take a mile.

@Eli Rollins An overfull mailbox, tall grass, out of control hedges, multiple phonebooks/newspapers on the front porch etc

I noticed it driving by because the grass was starting to get somewhat tall.

Link: LA TIMESHowever, with that being said, things have been very different with everything at record-high levels now, I have been hearing folks saying since 2015 that market is going to crash/collapse/tank and here we are an inch away from 2018 with no signs of tanking (although SF rental market is now claimed to have reached bubble popping stage).In my research on Austin, TX: I am landing on a similar issue like CA, where I will negatively cash flow around 5-7k initially and I want to avoid it.