Instead of just seeing immediate financial returns, it's heartening to note the lasting communal benefits these investments can bring.Your insight underscores a vital point for all in development: we aren't merely building properties; we're crafting spaces where memories are made.

Is the building up to code and is the living unit habitable?

From the lender standpoint, it should be no different from a house-hack, so long as the property is "habitable". 

The answer is the law...the law that says a LL is obligated to provide habitable housing and give notice etc.

If I ever were to change the pet policy, I would wait until the tenant was there for at least six months, so I could inspect his/her cleaning habits.  

Unfortunately, I spend way too much and would need $3M in equity to return far better than 6% to support my spending habits (for better of worse).I am not attempting to be critical as much as enlighten readers who are not doing the math to what the numbers indicate. 

This is a vital issue that is discussed here often.

You should be forming habits that reduce your expenses, and growing your savings should become easier.

What are some daily/weekly habits or routines you follow when searching for deals?

But for one, he never had that inspection on the house after he bought it so that is negligence on his part, by putting myself and my fiancé in a home that is not fit and habitable and by human rights and the landlord tenant act, to be living in which made me very very sick, which makes this considered not a safe or livable home.