You've got a great background and, I'm assuming, a pretty wide network of contacts.

This is good for consumers in that you can price/rate shop far and wide. 

My wife's aunt has a property that is two lots wide.

I know these questions are very wide open, but before we get too serious I want to make sure this is a viable options. 

Your criteria may be too wide. 

In reading post after post on BP, I am getting a wide snapshot of different strategies which is excellent for my own edification.

I am still working on the renovation costs but they would be somwhere 40-100k (I know its a wide range, and I need more detail, I havent seen the units yet).My question is this: I have always wanted to use my dad for at least a partial financing (smaller financing for down payments + conventional financing).

-A diversified economy - areas that have a wide variety of big business.

There's currently a small 2ft deep by 6ft wide storage closet in the back of the carport, but we'd like to have much more space for the tenants. 

How wide of a spread do you typically use between bank/owner financed?