You live in a unit and rent out the other units to help cover the mortgage and in earn some passive income.The State of California can be tough depending on where you want to live and what type of property you want to buy.

I can get up to 30k/ unit for a multi family home in renovations but must rent to low income for 10 years."

It is within 2 hours of our residence so we can use it when its not rented.

Won't take you a couple hours to go through all the Searches on Zillow, starting from For Sale, For Rent or Sold.

The rent for the 3/1 is $3000 and the rent for the 1/1 is $1700.

If you don't, consider renting for a year before purchasing.

So I have 30 parking spots and really should have 60 spots to be safe for the type of business that is renting. 

First, a correction would indicate that a value has artificially inflated to a higher price than it should be.  

i really want to leave this duplex in a solid position when i move out and rent it. i realize that things WIILL break but i just want to make sure the big ticket items are taken care of.

Dear Experts - My tenant paid her rent 15 days late.