And who has at least $500K in hand to survive the filling period and to fund the work.If you can get it under contract, and flip it to an experienced investor and make, say, $10-20K on the deal, I'd count that as a success.

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But basement apartments count as your primary, and along the Broadway corridor down in Englewood, there's usually a home or two each month popping up with a basement apartment.Those are my two cents.

Given what you've described, you should be fine renting the house out as long as you sell within the next 3 years (so last 2 years count towards owner occupancy).https://www.irs.gov/publications/p523/ar02.html

(Technically we had two others, but they meet our rental model, so I'm not counting them as mistakes.) 

I really felt like altering your end strategy for a first time home buyer vs. a landlord would've been worth it in the extra dollar amount it would bring to you, but who's counting at this point?

Count me in too @Eric Bilderback and yes I'd have to agree with @Christy Osterkamp on location so with @Greg Cyr we'd have four thus far HaHa 

These are the type of technically different areas that either count or don't count in the finished area (living area) of a property when measured in accordance with http://www.nm-ac.org/ANSI.pdf which sets the standard that should be used by appraisers or any real estate professional to measure the finished area (square footage of living area) of a house.

I didn’t establish a plan, and no matter how good my goal was, no matter how dedicated I was at the moment, no matter how important my reason was for wanting that goal, the fact that I didn’t plan out how to reach my goal killed my momentum.The Bible talks about “counting the cost.”

If it does appreciate in value, great but don't count on it.