- last week we rented a dumpster and completed all demo, including kitchen cabinets, appliances, laundry room,  and main plumbing wall, and I had the old-inwall furnaces torn out.- I was able to get all the electrical wiring repaired. 

We have no debt, essentially perfect credit, and no other blemishes on our records.

My main questions for starting out would be if I should I go with multi family or single family and should I go class B or class C properties?

Hey Brian, different lenders can be flexible but it all comes down to you debt to income ratio and how much rental $ they'll consider towards income (usually 70-75%).

My brother lives with me for a discounted rent as he is an artist with a huge amount of school debt.

They have good bigger "main event meetings" and they have subgroups which are more intimate settings based on a specific area of real estate.https://www.lasouthreia.com/learn/upcoming-events/

You could stuck with a whole bunch of debt that you don't want and would then be responsible for.

If we are looking at a house for both of us strictly, we need to look at a different price point (more around 180k range) and than consider the next 1-2 years to save for a down-payment on an investment strictly.My question to this group: What are some pros and cons that you think about when determining - peace of mind living in your space vs. looking at the space as income-generating/business mainly?

And with anticipated child support added in, just counting my W-2 income alone raises my DTI too high to qualify with all my debts total.So does anyone know of any lenders who would count that spare bedroom income in my DTI for refinancing?

You never get to see the inside of the house or asset securing the debt unless its been abandoned and the bank had to secure it and they took pics.