The brother and his son had been living in the house, free of charge, for years, and were gaming the system.

But if your goal is to leave your day job soon, multi family will offer more cash flow typically.

.) • Multi-unit would only support a %, so a quad would 25% and prorated over all years of ownership....witteling advantage to not worth the effort. • Single unit properties get pro-rated.

My starting questions so far are* If zoning allows multi-family, would I need any zoning approvals for a conversion?

This is something their screening probably would have caught, or their system would have a legal procedure to deal with it.

We assign a point system to our applicants.

Becoming a property owner.The hardest part about this right now is underwriting deals, remaining patient and disciplined.Outside of that, the actual details of managing the property are only hard if you do not have systems in place, delegate responsibility, and don't fully comprehend what physical asset investments require-- capex & opex heavy.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) other investment in Martins Ferry.

I don't observe too many people buying multi-family in the Bay Area with our rent control laws but there are deals here. 

Insurance system doesn't work that way.