Purchase price: $95,000 Cash invested: $130,000 Sale price: $310,000 Converted this 4 bed 1 bath 1680sqft house into a 1913sqft 3 bed 3 full bath.

My plan wasn’t to move and convert this house to a rental but now I have this opportunity fell in my lap.

One time it was a primary I was converting to a rental and showing while I was still living there.

Account Closed  Always have exit paths available, it's great if it cash flows as an STR (on paper) but the true test is if it will still break even as a long term rental if you have to convert for some reason (COVID, STR regulations, etc.). 

Recommend you go through that and pick out items that you can convert into Sales $$.

For those that chose to convert or the new enlistees, they are in the "new retirement system" I believe which does the 5% matching in the same manner as GS civilians, right? 

Later on, when you have your complete financial picture, you can convert it to Roth or withdraw.6.

I see a lot that were typical Philly rowhomes that were converted into duplexes and then there are more small apartment style that look more legit.

Water is often shared in many old buildings or homes that have been converted to multi unit.

As mentioned above, one of the best things you can do is pick up properties as you go, live there for at least a year, then convert into a rental.