NONE, not a single darn time has ANY of them done it legally/correctly.

Bundling both properties in a single study may reduce costs.

This is a single private sewer line that runs down the middle of the houses, and each house connect to it.

This fundamental slow in housing starts has caused household formation to outpace new homes (single and multifamily) by 2.3 million between 2012-2022 (Source).

First, are you looking to buy a single family residence or another type of property? 

I'm also happy to share access to a spreadsheet where I track Single Family, Multifamily & Rental Inventory for the Pensacola Market(Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties) each week. 

The last year I renovated a single family home to rent, pulled out some equity, couldn’t have gone better.

it will be a corporate/wellness retreat/short term rental destinationI need land that is close to the Action, but not too close, and preferably comes with two single family doors already built, so I can take advantage of Fannie Mae owner occupied loan and develop the rest of the land on my own and with private funding.Is Columbus a good market for this strategy?

Lenders stopped allowing rent by the room due to modifications done to the property resulting in functional obsolescence and significant cost to cure in the event there was a default and they needed to foreclose on the home and resell it, given that the main buyer pool for single-family homes are primary occupants. 

Transfer landscaping and snow removal to them as well.Do you have a single-family house with a separate garage?