My first option would be to anchor a bottom plate to the floor and a top plate to the ceiling and attach studs to the two plates and not have any actual attachment to the brick.

Congrats - at the end of the day, learning all those lessons really require jumping in and "doing" and making the actual mistakes - no shortcuts and way to "learn" these by studying endlessly without making the leap

Hi,Sorry for the confusion, I am actually interested in STR and Airbnb(rental arbitrage).

I'm far from an experienced investor, but it's always what I thought could make owning a home in the Bay Area actually affordable.

I can research endlessly, but until I'm actually in the thick of it, I tend to question everything.

(These can be really tricky)Did you call the former landlord and actually get a hold of them?

I actually jacked my home up as if it were a car.!

For those asking about location, it'll be in the knoxville area (potentially smokies or adjacent mountain accessible areas) and will be doing several smaller 400-900 sq ft units (new builds) on a 5-10 acre lot, and I will be bringing the great styling, photography, marketing, and amenities :)  I was actually assuming worse vacancy in the beginning, but this is reaffirming my feeling that what is hurting is large and dated rentals. 

A few cities in Denver actually allow non-owner occupied vacation rentals (pure investment STRs), and then there's Parker, alone in its outright ban of them.MTRs are an interesting choice.

DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.