I look for properties that cash flow as much as possible from day 1 because that lets me buy more properties sooner.You have an invaluable resource with your grand father. 

These are "weasel clauses" designed to back out of a contract and offer you the seller little to no compensation in return. 

Hi @Oswald Oswald, I live in the Bay Area and understand that your purchasing power of about $850k will get you into a condo/townhouse and probably not a SFH - I'm assuming that's why you are focusing on the condo/townhouse.Yes, purchasing a townhouse in the East Bay is not a bad idea as long as it is designated a PUD on the title.

After a long time, the new grand owner got this house that appears theoretically in files to be 1 house and but practically to be 2 split apartments.

Salem has been sectioned into areas that are very promising, and others where their are very little people to purchase a home in designated areas.

How are you handling initial setup/wifi design?

And this is kind of what Bigger Pockets was designed for - investors helping out other investors. 

I need to have someone with a design seal, and an architect would be even more.I am renovating a commercial multifamily apartment complex.

Construction companies are carving out their niche for navigating ADU permitting, designs and so on.

Needless to say it went through and I had the highest bid, over the judgment, owners would have got over 20 grand in surplus funds.