It should work with the caveat that you stay away from the standard tiles that are made of pressed cardboard or whatever it is.

I would rent out the house as roommates -- you just choose to stay in your level of the house while they stay in their level.  

Thankfully all are insured but any advice the BP Community can offer to guide us in getting ourselves organized would be a great help.

I'd recommend starting with single families, you'll have stable tenants who will hopefully stay there long term.3.

What im looking for is an industry standard or guide for multi family unit's net profit after all expenses including debt services.

I get a call stating they are breaking up, tenant 1 wants to stay (and he can afford it all by himself based on pension).

We refinanced 3 mos ago thinking we would stay here and leverage the HELOC for a while. 

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I do agree with others that the smart thing to do is find another PM company ASAP and they will guide the transition.

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