If you can show proof of loss of funds from renting, then you might be able to sue the city for that.

I was wondering how much you guys believe it would effect the rental value/appeal if I was to live in the basement and keep the connecting door locked (or even removed if that won't raise zoning problems) and just use a door to the backyard/side of the house to enter/exit daily. 

@John Thedford  best of luck I have 7 or 8 left in Orlando that I funded...

This means keeping corporate records, following corporate law, having separate bank accounts, not co-mingingly funds/property, etc.

It was just a hobby.Anyways, we put an offer in on an acreage property that we want to raise our family on and will eventually remodel/rebuild the house on that property when the time is right. 

At their age they need to place it in a secure conservative income fund.

A "portfolio loan" is a loan which is serviced by the lender who issued the funds (i.e. held in their portfolio), rather than being packaged together with other loans and sold on the secondary market.

We're feeling prompted to take our little business to the next level and shift focus to multi-family.Our ultimate goal in going down the REI path is to fund our daughters' (we have 6 of them!)

We are in that process now, and are heading towards a 30 yr fixed loan because it will be a smaller payment, thus freeing up cash flow to fund deal(s).

My question is: is it possible to raise the rent up to market rates if a new tenant is placed, or does the unit need significant upgrades to justify such an increase?