Purchase price: $65,000 Cash invested: $55,000 At 18 Aberdeen Ave, a frozen-in-time townhome, our renovation adventure began with the bathroom—a sight to behold with mismatched tiles and a worn-out bathtub.

I didn't do it that way but if I could go back in time, I would have house hacked through my 20s and 30s. 

I just got around to installing a camera on one of our homes just in time for high season.

I'm intimately familiar with the things you're describing  as I'm an Asset Manager who oversees right around 3000 multi family apartment units for a living.Again, mathematically,  looking for 50% DTI when you have rentals is difficult. 

In my case, I was simply surprised by an exorbitant maintenance fee on one of my monthly statements and that obviously wasn't a pleasant experience.

In times like we are in now, sometimes sitting still is the right move.  

We encourage you to reach out to us directly at any point in time for any guidance or assistance in obtaining the information you need along with being in direct communication with your building team you hired to build the homes as they are the ones that will provide specific updates.

I selected North Carolina due to its landlord-tenant laws, property taxes, income taxes, insurance rates, proximity, climate, cash flow, and my pleasant personal experiences there :)I have NOT yet researched STR laws there or city specific / non-owner occupied property taxes.

Taxes are going to be based on it's fair market value at whatever point in time you have a transaction (use it for personal use or sell it). 

There are also no written change orders but he keeps referring to this as the reason the price went up so dramatically because we added so much to his scope when in fact we actually removed items from scope, and put in time ourselves to finish some items.in total, we are being billed for 320 hours of labor and are not sure why with the work that has been done and done poorly.