Make sure the seller knows how interested you are but that you have real reservations about the price, terms and cash layout this project is going to take moving forward.

So, we are familiar with the layout and know many people in the community well.I have been a student of personal finance ever since a friend introduced me to Robert Kiyosaki's book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad."  

Starting to realize house hacking a quad may be a pipe dream with a baby (and 2nd in the near future) due to layout/square footage issues.To your comments;]1) Rent being BEST case scenario; in this market do you foresee rents decreasing?

There are some practical tips to avoid this for buildings based on building layout, direction of street and other city building compliance.

Richard Anderson the HELOC will change the DTI but the lender might be able to help you choose which company to use and also lay out your strategies for you, so it wouldn't hurt to talk to a lender first either way.

By the way, I love the layout of your website.

Many of these details were decided on by my cabinet supplier who was tasked with coming up with both a visually appealing, useful and cost effective layout.

I agree with you that the configuration, layout, price, etc. might limit what he is able to do.

I also saw an apartment building that looked nice but no information on how many doors and what layouts they had.

The type of data I am look for is sales by property type, Sq ft, layout, etc.