What i definitely would not advise doing is using the money to go all-in on a lower tier, sub-50k property just because that's what you can afford in cash.

I just want to share the post here to see if anyone interested as well, especially in Seattle areas where I know there is a huge need for affordable housing.

Rental market tanks, you can afford to slash rents and still stay in business!

Been an owner for 4-5 years, learned quite a few things already, among which is that a commercial kitchen is not something to be made or modified lightly - it has to be properly designed and properly made in order to function well.So I have this retail store of about 1100 sqft that someone wants to take for a small coffee shop with the ability to bake.My question is where do I start searching for someone to design/compute small walk-in cooler, grease trap, vent-a-hood, stove and HVAC on top of that so all this could become useable without anyone getting burned.From my past experience I have local mexican crews who can do any and all of the listed things and they'd do them relatively well except they won;t ever be designed to actually work well together.On the other end of the spectrum I've worked with american general contractors and they tend to cost 2-3 times the Mexican crews and, at least in my case, ended up delivering about same end result (in all fairness it was only kitchen remodeling, not design from ground up; but statement stands valid and I was able to later do almost the same at literally third of the cost).Your expertise is appreciated.

As to aggregation:  Can you point me to the language  that says each rental must be a T/B on its own? 

Articles like this send my brain into overdrive thinking of all the potential for multi family build to hold, basic prefab homes to fill an affordable housing gap, and other projects a market like this could support.

@Karen T. 

"We strive to provide safe, clean, affordable, comfortable, and quiet housing for responsible renters."

If you increase the rent, then they may not be able to afford it.

But before you make that decision, you need to have a serious come to jesus about what your goals, needs, and deal breakers are with regard to:Time - how much time can you reasonably afford to spend on the investment once it's made, on an ongoing basis Control - are you willing to sacrifice a bit of your return for someone else to handle tenanting, maintenance, and turnover, or do you want maximum control regardless of your experience levelResolve - if you're inclined to be very hands-on, do you honestly know that you will be able to maintain the level of involvement long-term?