Even if you're aiming for appreciation and want to hold more than five years, you'll still be gambling a little bit basing your purchase on Micron.

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

Alternatively recognize the challenges of being cash neutral at high LTV, the benefits of no longer paying a LL rent, that rates may lower such that you can refi, that over long term there will be appreciation and rent growth so it will at some point have positive cash flow, etc and lower your initial goal of cash neutral. 

If you consistently analyze properties, recognizing a good deal will be much easier when it shows up.

But the sooner we recognize that the better it is for everyone involved.

The idea is to limit your targets to just a few with multiple nasty problems that your principals recognize are bigger than they can deal with, hence ripe for you to acquire or control. 

I can recognize this because I actually try and put the code it outputs to use, then I see these disappointing things, and re-evaluate my trust/confidence in these Ai models.

I also don't know if there's a specific process we have to go through with the city for it to be recognized as a duplex down.Basically, I just don't know if the status as an illegal garden unit (the lack of ceiling height and correct zoning) prevents me legally from using the space for either of these ideas and legally, or if it's just dead space. 

But I give you a BIG kudos on recognizing this, owning it, and dedication to learning, failing-UP as we say. 

Although this Molly Tennant approved not so sure about that I think that's just made up.. since she mentioned creative finance and certainly not recognized as an accredited institution.