It is 2 unit building that has potential for a 3rd unit as well. 

It's particularly helpful to inquire about the promptness of rent payments and the condition in which the rental unit was left upon vacating. 

With your seed money, starting with multiple units right off the bat could leverage your entry into real estate investment and rapidly scale your portfolio to help you replace your 9-5.

I am trying to understand if they would be any challenges with purchasing a lot that has quite a few oak trees as they can't be removed as there are policies around tree removals. could i build a small office commercial unit of about 5000 sq.ft in this lot?

We're located in Berkeley, CA, and own a parcel that has a 1000sqft house (2bed/1bath) in the front and a 2x800sqft unit (1bed/1bath each) building in the back.

I would evaluate the issue in the same way I would if the unit was vacant.

We finally have enough 2024 data from MLS for a solid read where this year is going: the median home price in the greater Milwaukee area is now $320,000, that's up 11.8% YoY.And we see a similar trend with rents: I don't see that direction change anytime soon: we would need to lose a bunch of people or ad several thousand units.

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) commercial investment investment.

That would unite all interests. 

If the money is that important to you - you probably owe 2/5 or 4/7 cost based on Actual invoice with previous invoice with your unit number showing when they last changed it.