My suggestion is to simply do what they have done, what every business does, pass it off on the consumer.  

I'm a new investor looking to enter the Columbus market, interested in rental properties.

We are thinking that rather than simply spend down her retirement funds to pay for this care that there maybe a way to invest in rental property in order to pay for a significant portion of that cost through cashflow generated from rentals.

Prices kept risingNow I am playing in Detroit, building costs in the last 12 months has increased by 10% a good signCurious do other investors look at this Makes perfect sense to me, Marisa unless builders are getting increasingly pulled to the suburbs and build prices are rising simply to entice them to Detroit proper (not sure that's necessarily a bad thing though either).Curious where you're getting this data.

Even though my Sales were mortgage free and didn't require hardly any time from me except between tenants, I simply wanted to do something fun for a change with some money.    

Simply buying a stabilized asset and operating it isn’t suited for an the OZ program.

If you do decide to get a down payment loan (a better term for this would simply be a personal unsecured loan) from your family - acquire the loan and deposit it in your account two months before you purchase the property, that will meet the seasoning requirements by the bank.

I think a house hack is a great way to enter the Bay Area real estate market... especially on a 3/4plex.

If he leaves you simply stop the eviction and file to collect rent owed in small claims court.

I'm simply looking to purchase some property for myself.