@Sharon McCants - I lean toward the advice from @Jonathan Greene on your question.Years ago, I made the mistake of forgoing quality for quantity, which led to headaches and a fundamental change in the way our company operated and in the way I personally invested.

Wondering if anyone here is also based in the Charlottesville, VA area? 

Quote from @Mike Johnson: Hi everyone, I was curious what might be some of the biggest problems to you run into while managing your properties?

The entire project took around 3 months with EVERY square in minus the electrical( some added) being gutted and renewed.

There are a lot of other issues, but for you as the owner, the main one is usually do you have to have the current tenants out to build (no income) on to the existing property or are you going to do a knockdown new build?

With many heirs and a 50-year history, you have no idea what skeletons could be hiding in the closets.

This is a great place to learn and to connect with people so take advantage of all the great resources.

I have always been interested in home construction techniques that are different or older.Container homes, these sorts of shot-crete homes, bale homes etc.The biggest issue is not that fact that they will rent, for if they are in the right location, of course they will rent just fine.

The owner is living in the ADU and renting out both levels of the main house on AirBnb.

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