As a smaller investor, it's great to do all the data analysis with widely tracked metrics, but its also refreshing to hear the emotional and experiential data points from fellow investors as well.

Properties meeting at least one of the following criteria will not be eligible for Citizens Personal Residential Multiperil coverage:Rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is lessAdvertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and researching and I haven’t made up my mind on to which would be better ..

Upside: you have now a loan that is being paid down, equity that is growing, and probably some appreciation and you learn how to buy and manage real estate which in itself makes it worth it!

An architect will be able to answer those questions and perhaps be able to identify other physical and economic obstacles that won't arise when merely approaching this through the lens of whether you can obtain a zoning permit.

Some remodels can be >100K in work and it's a lot to track on sheets. 

Brian,In order to answer that would be important to know what type of property primary or investment, How much and used for what? 

Hi all, hope everyone is doing well and just wanted to introduce myself, returning  from 2005-06 when we did few flips (3) and few rentals (4) and learn some do's and do not's. 

Investment property about 6.5% for a 30yr mortgage. 20% Downpayment.Mortgage would be $1600.

My siblings and I are building a home in North Port, FL.Here are the numbers:Finished Home Value: $412KishLand Cost: $19,750.39Construction & Permitting Costs: $304,897Additional costs: - Environmental Site Assessment - General Liability Insurance - Builders Risk Insurance - Construction FinancingWe will be listing the home this weekPhotos coming soon!!