My ideal world is to find a property with a house or mobile home to live in that I can also build a 2-plex to 4-plex on.

Has anyone had good or bad results from trying out credit report and score businesses that aim to improve credit and help in the journey to gaining a pre approval for a mortgage?

You'll typically ask for it when you're requesting permits to modify your home to have the JADU.You can "sub meter" the water instead of installing an actual water meter.

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"for rent by owner", investors)-search for non-homestead properties in your county and send postcards to those owners that own homes that meet the criteria you want to focus on-network with real estate attorneys -network with trustees in banks that offer trustee services-look up court records of landlords who have filed their own evictions and send them postcards -network with HOAs that have non-homestead properties in that association -when you see a "for rent by owner" sign in your area, send the owner a letter -join Facebook groups (for rent by owner, landlords) and being to contribute -improve your SEO on your website-find someone who can help you gather landlord info from Zillow, etc.

Given that many people have said the average price to build in California is $200 and above per square foot, I became worried.Do you think building a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom home measuring 550 sqft is feasible at this cost?

If the property needs capital improvements up front, it is important that the amount raised exceeds the budget by 10-15%.

My family is located in MLB, and just purchased a second home there (south of the airport).

@Alecia Loveless thanks for the tip!

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