(Density, setbacks etc) Sometimes I'll set a meeting with city officials to discuss.Physical- Geo technical (soil) and Enviro- you will spend money here, but with this, architects and GC's are a waste of money. 

Who is the official "borrower" on the loan documents, you individually or the LLC?

Well, the owner of the home (a contractor himself) was livid and called the home inspector threatening him with filing official complaints with AZ and demanded he retract the inspection and redo it.

So i guess i m really official now! 

Any part officially used for investment can certainly be counted as investment property. 

I think the biggest negative is you lose control over rules and regulations pertaining to section 8 tenants and if officials from section 8 aren't motivated to become involved...good luck dealing with issues. 

Also curious what the implications of changing this property from a sfh to an official duplex would be?

I am officially hooked.

Tenants like the professional look of the pre-application, and I found that potential tenants who most likely won’t qualify don’t even bother to apply when you send them an official looking application (I’m sure the same is true with other platforms as well, just can’t speak to those personally).

I officially started in Feb 2014 and did 2 wholesale deals and birddogged one.