It has an apartment that is rented out in the back and an attic that is plumbed for an apartment addition, so there is an income producing aspect to it even if I purchased it as a primary residence.My question is can I purchase the property with a partnership LLC (which already exists and owns property) and then rent the main house from the LLC for myself to live in?

@JD Martin @Christopher Tyler Hughes @Mike D.Another issue I'm having is the city I'm working in only has 51 plumbing contractors to choose from.

Trades (carpentry, electrical, plumbing), accounting, etc are all jobs that are in demand and would indirectly help you in investing. 

Good news is maintenance tends to be a bit less since expenses for common things (plumbing, roof, etc.) is shared.

When a furnace goes out, and the entire plumbing is at risk of freezing and bursting, you want to know ASAP. 

The HVAC can use a revamp and still want to get some opinions on Electrical and Plumbing. 

Interior: replacement of lights, plumbing replaced with copper pipes, paint, hot water heater replacement, stairs/railings.  

Then worry about what the tenant potentially owes.I would definitely charge the tenants for the plumbing issue but it would depend on how your lease spells out these types of negligence or damage. 

They accidentally find mine out, I didn't rent the illegal unit out, used it for my offices, and they allowed me to make a minor conversion, taking out the kitchen and bathtub, rather than the more radical step of converting it back to an empty basement, removing all the plumbing, partition walls.One problem with legal conversions, in my case, duplexes are built to a different architectural standard.

Since we will be doing a lot of remodeling of walls, possibly electrical, plumbing, etc, I want to know if it's present in the walls, insulation, etc.