They have pretty good credit scores, they are good members of society, they pay their rent, they often would rather repair the house than call you. 

Before I buy something like this, I do two things: (A) Pull the building records from the County, as you mentioned and (B) Investigate historical City record at the Historical Society archives - this may tell you how long ago people started living in that unit separately.2.

Instead of building the garage and making a doorway in the back to connect the two, they just built the garage without a back wall, so its just two side walls and a roof that has slowly shifted over the years.

you could easily work an early morning shift (6-2:30) or even the midnight shift at some factory...and still have time for real estate. 

That sales price bell curve is shifting hard to the right.

We want to shift those costs to the tenant because that raises the ROI of the property and it increases the value of the property.If you can successfully do that with no capex expense by simply billing the tenant for the utility use that is best case.

One typically buys insurance for shifting of risk.

I have viable options in other markets, so I will just shift gears.

Lynn Montang That feeling comes from wanting to follow the crowd, fit in, and do what society says is the right path.

My day job involves a lot of driving and I don't shy from working long shifts in order to build capitol.