What type of residents live in it currently? 

HI Yolanda,Happy to assist or guide any inquires in the financing side on your investment properties.

I live and invest in Idaho and there are a couple laws on the books that make it landlord friendly and keep me investing here;-HOAs may not regulate property use anywhere in the state.

Does anyone know if a tenant living in a non-conforming basement unit can get renter's insurance?

I currently live in California and own a 4-plex in Riverside.

Lots of newbies that have come onto the scene in the last 3-4 years during an extreme bull market, who have never lived through a bear market.

There will always be more risk with something vacant, you're probably going to be counting on one person as your "eyes" on the project (or at least for "security", overall)- and the more hands on/ closer they live / able to visit site frequently, the better. whether that is your gc, a project or property manager, or your handyman/even yard maintenance guy, neighboring teenager, or whoever- this person is key

Living in Raleigh, the reputation of those areas isn't always the best.

Residents and owners need humans (not AI) to assist in navigating them through certain aspects of their largest and most often, most emotional transaction in their lives.

I "flipped" the house I used to live in (and rent rooms out of), and currently run an Airbnb in my second house.