Me, personally, I prefer living in a regular house with 8' ceilings and hardwood floors instead of really high ceilings and concrete floors.

Honestly the best way around this is to work a 'regular' job and buy a rental,,,get some experience as a landlord under your belt and have a regular paycheck.Hard Money Lenders will want to make sure you have plenty of cash to handle the situation you described,, I buy and hold, and before I get a hard money loan they qualify me for the conforming loan to get out of the hard money

What's needed to get regular internet?

Close to colleges, hospitals, shopping, great schools, etc.Lately, we've been throwing around the idea of creating/building an accessory unit/small cottage on our land and renting it out like a regular rental.

A local PE that does this type of work regularly, probably has the analysis routines set up in spreadsheets or other software, templates set up in CAD and word processor, and knows what local inspections department will require.

One thing in mind is, I like the IRS' stand on the per mile which is $.535/mi as a "regular" maintenance expense, of course, insurance and major breakdowns not included.

I love working with people like you and I - regular homeowners, first time homebuyers, investors, etc.

I live in the US and purchase properties in Canada regularly. 

@Rogers Smith, I use the plain white vinyl regular blinds from Lowes on most of my units.

Typically for SFR dwelling, most valuation are done with regular appraisal using most recent sales comps.