Where this is a local governance bylaw, you will find communities provide a variety of ways to regulate the size and occupancy of an accessory unit.Here a accessory apartment in the basement of a single family dwelling must conform the the following:(a) Where permitted, basement apartments shall: (i) not result in more than 2 dwelling units contained in any converted single detached dwelling; (ii) be secondary to the main dwelling unit, and not exceed 75 m2 or 75% of the floor area of the basement, whichever is less; (iii) contain a maximum of 2 bedrooms with the floor area of each bedroom not exceeding 15 m2 ; (iv) be completely self-contained; (v) require 1 on-site parking space, in addition to the normal requirements of the zone; (vi) not permit a group home, tourist home, home occupation, child care centre - small or child care centre - medium on the same lot. 

As a General Rule, my Desired Profit is $20,000 or 20% of ARV whichever is greater.

I don't know if it's because I mostly use my cell phone or what but they won't work.

You can have banking for down payment with which ever bank who is a member of FDIC.

This gives you a local number if your cell phone isn't local, the ability to screen calls and to have a voice message translated into an email and sent to you.

If I were you, I'd get my real estate license, learn as much as I could about whichever market I wanted to enter and start saving heavy to later use for a down payment.

But historically it was much more difficult to include RE in a portfolio with securities since, back when, there were no REITs or similar things.If and when someone does not want to or cannot include RE (in whichever form) in a portfolio with a bank, they should, most likely, indeed have some precious metals in there.

Pleasantly surprised but expecting that worst is yet to come. 50% of my rental portfolio is section 8 and most of those section 8 recipients I have are individuals who need the assistance of a caseworker, don't have cellphones and are not tech savvy and I will say the the extra work I do with these tenants is most definitely worth it. 

You can cash out not more than 70% of appraisal value or purchase price whichever is less within 6 month of purchase.

I'm on my cell phone so it's hard to look up the info from here.As far as multifamily stuff in the metro area. 2 to 4 unit properties exist in only the tiniest numbers throughout the metro area.