About two weeks ago I found a leak in the roof of the rental and it has caused some pretty serious damage to the wall in one of the bedrooms.

You can insulate floors, bathroom & bed room walls for noise but its not required.IRC - International building code for one and two family dwellings.

most people will look at square footage, number of bedrooms, cap rate, any necessary repairs, and of course the biggest factor location.

The farm came with a 2 bedroom apartment in the shop. 

Its a 2bed/1bath home that I plan to add another bedroom to plus a little rehab. 

In addition, most of that housing stock has been build as affordable housing in mostly 2 and 1 bedroom configurations.

I never got particularly creative when I was new at financing options.

I've heard there may be creative ways to make other money that is already mine work for me in this instance (i.e.

Tenants have mostly cared about bedrooms, square footage, location and level of finishes.

lending within the licensure laws can get as creative as you like just like writing a partnership on partnership splits. and it can all be done on the note.. at least in the markets I work.. do check each states regs.. they are all different.