Plus I don't want to be in the electrical selling business, that includes no hookups to recharge electric cars.All I want to do is provide housing and collect the rent.

For example, I live in Gilbert, AZ, which isn't exactly the cheapest place to live, so if I begin to look for a house here in AZ are the lenders going to want to see 300k-400k$ in liquid assets for me to get approval for a mortgage (as the homes in my area are around 800K-1M)? 

Just a different takeNow this is not to sayPS - those houses that were priced way too high and languish?

There may be a couple of houses on the block that do not have driveways so this may not be the only one.

I can't house hack because of the family situation so I can't be approved for regular loans that require you to make the property your primary residence. 

I am considering buying a property in Spokane that includes two separate housing units. 

You can buy a rental house, put $60,000 down and you will have to get a non-recourse loan for the rest of the mortgage.

Improving grading or having downspouts drain into pipes that move the water away from the house often solve the majority of issues. 

I'd second house hacking.

Are you looking for a primary property for yourself and house hack?