I never actually used it or anything, and whether or not it's a gimmick; I didn't care because in my opinion, it planted the seed for the future.

It is surrounded by a cabinet shop on the left side, a couple commercial buildings in the back alley that are used primarily as storage for various businesses and a bar on the right side.

I have reached out to an engineer to do a complete inspection. 

What I mean is if this is completely out of your wheelhouse, focus on where you are an expert.

I would assume there is way to revoke the owner builder affidavit, when you show the work was completed with a gc pulling the permits.

Sure, that's good enough"Stranger still is that the floors were completely level - which suggests that they may not have been properly tied into the walls.Thanks for the thoughts though.

Generally I would say that if the property is 15+ years old and not recently completely renovated a SFH would likely be in the range of 50% and a multi unit likely slightly lower, possibly as low as 40%, due to more tenants, higher cash flow and lower risks from vacancies.The 50% guestimate is based on the historic average of hundreds of thousands of rental units of all types over decades of accumulated data.

Primarily the owner occupied requirement.

And yes... very sweet :-)In my mind, trying to find a place that's going to appreciate is a LOT harder and I would move from "investing" into "speculating"  There's nothing wrong with hedging your bet and doing your research and trying to make sure you're not going into an area that's *completely* going to tank, but I've found that when you start speculating on future prices, you start down the path of just what you described... one piece of information says this, another says that... and they're both at odds with each other. 

I am currently a remodeling it and need to get a loan to complete.