Highlight the “family-friendly” perks, like extra beds, pet policies, and flexible terms.

I will begin the process of suing him, hoping to add extra pressure.

- Rent out the extra bedrooms in your unit to roommates or for even higher rent on Furnished Finder.- Rent out the other unit as STR or MTR for max cashflow - which will require you to become an expert at those businesses.- Learn how to do your own repairs & rehabs to save money now.

Binghamton is an extra hour you don’t need to drive. 

Also I am thinking now that these are small rural counties with population in the entire county probably no more than 50k or so.. at least with most of those folks living in the city of Oroville which is right on the border with British Columbia In my flying days I would go into Oroville to get through US customs compared to going into one of the airports Airports north of Seattle .

LTR is stable, slow, and risk is low but potentially not as much cash (right away).Comes down to what goals you have and your risk threshhold - I have friends in CO springs who do STR and MTR, and works out great - but also have folks who LTR in that area and it pays for them self and it a great way to save money in places like taxes and build equity.  

The least risk would be to use the extra 100k a year to buy bonds and then sell the bonds to pay the mortgage each month.

Just having an extra kitchen doesn't impact insurance eligibility. 

One thing that I would like to add to this list is making an investment without having enough extra money to get through the medium times as well as the bad times.

PG's are worthless those that have PGs that are worth anything dont need gap funding they have the cash.this is a play for folks you know well .. not for internet facebook BP etc.. people that do this do it because they know you like you trust you and think your a good operator.Public has to many other choices that are much safer bet.. its not always about ROI with those with money..