Unless you live in an area where a garage is a must, living space will always get you more money than garage space.So, unless the conversion is absolutely horrible, I would keep it.

Most anyone with a lot of experience in the space has absolutely no need for what you present.. they just do it themselves... ergo my first thoughts if you just want to jump into this you need your family to back you..

I heard Bill Murray's group is building a development near downtown Charleston using containers, a high rent area, which may be the sweet spot for this product, vs the country where folks can buy a brick ranch home for $50,000.One advantage I see is stack-ability: if you can get around 3-5 units high, that could offer nice benefits on tough/tight sites.  

Can't see the FED raising rates again very soon, even though they desperately want to get their back off the the wall and get some breathing space.

I am getting quotes now to determine if it is more cost effective to carpet (making it living space) or just paint the cement floors a solid gray (for a general purpose / storage area).

Many successful RE investors in the Bay Area start off as owner occupants in the 2-4 unit space in the East Bay (and get in with an FHA loan).

Disclaimer: I am not a professional electrician.Yes, you have to provide a GFCI outlet in a bathroom.For new construction, I think the bathroom has to be on its own 20 amp circuit, but I'm not sure that's always been the case; it may have been 15 amps in the past.Like @Donald Howaniecsaid, you can get a combination GFCI and switch that fits in the space of one "regular" switch or outlet. 

If you told the IRS that you netted $3500*52/12 = $15k per month over the course of the last two tax years, we would start with that number, do some wonky math, and come up with our own number for what you make.If your DTI is tight, you kind of want to drill down on that PRIOR to it being submitted to underwriting.

SoCal is a tight market right now.

National, homogeneous real estate markets are a myth used to sell ad space and guru courses.