Hi,I would recommend making it vacant.Traditional Owner occupant financing requires the buyer to take possession within 60 days.

@Zachary Harr at the end of the day invest where you are most comfortable and can build the best team in.

I fully renovated the upstairs unit (~850sf) of an up-down duplex in Northeast Minneapolis last year, and that project covered a lot of the same items which you mentioned doing for your reno plans.Window AC. 

This strategy allows for a relatively fast recycling of cash and free cash flow.The market has shifted hard and appreciation is not on the same trajectory as it was a few years ago, but it does still exist especially if you can force it. $200-$300k of appreciation on day one on a sub $1M property in the Bay Area is pretty good.

Always known real estate was my long-term goal and have a good gig where I am at right now (assuming all stays same)...Can you be an MLO part-time?

It has been listed for +100 days as well.Thanks guys.

Back in the day my partners used https://www.lexnovalaw.com/our-attorneys/markley-s-roderick/ to set up their funds and went through all the hoops that were needed. 

Am also thinking of a day bed with trundle.

I guess I have been hesitant to bombard people with the same message three times.

In the same boat here.