I have found so many decorative pieces in all sorts of places.

I’d say go larger. 6 unit makes for a management nightmare being so far away.

Not looking for any sort of freebie by any means.

To get to the “trust” point, you (or your partner) must have a proven track record in some sort of investing that can be shared with your potential investors or that some of these investors have already experienced with you and hence know why they can trust you!

They are fixated on the square foot matching because it allowed them to go back a year to use comps.This happened with multiple properties across multiple appraisers.I'd say things like; "All things being equal a larger house is going to sell for more than a smaller house" and would get told "Smaller houses in your neighborhood must be in more demand; that's why the price is higher".I'd say things like; "Here is a house that is the same square footage in the same subdivision going to the same schools and it sold for much less" and would get told "But it's in the older part of the subdivision" when the year built was only 2 years older than mine!

As you get larger the users are less. 

On line 15 of the worksheet for Schedule D the taxpayer enters $38,600 if single or married filing separately or larger amounts if married or head of household.

Hit me up sometime I sort of get that feeling as well for a lot of Greater charlotte areas -- but man if you drive around in I77 or other main highways the roads feel busier than Metro NYC ones at times.

Is the property already sold and is put on MLS just for some sort of compliance?

It's a house where I have the option to close off the master suite and rent it as larger or smaller, depending on the party.