I grew up just north of San Francisco and moved to Reno, NV to live and invest. 

The best place to get started is where you live, you know the market better and areas.

The only time you might need to get her to move is if it was a condo and having a kid living there permanently is against the condo rules (eg if there are age restrictions to living there, and yes I have a condo like that which is 55+ and guests under 55 can only stay for a max of 2 weeks).

I'm looking through the spreadsheet and I think it's worth mentioning that it's possible to spend a lot less for certain material items as well as labor in many cases depending on how frugal you want to beinterior door with hardware: $5-10 used, $30-50 newwindow: $10-50 used, $100-200 newlight fixtures: $1-10 used, 6 pack flushmount at lowes for $44fan fixture: $24-60 new water heater: $250 newtoilet: $50-90 newsink: $40-200 new faucet: $10-30 newtile: 0.49-2/sqft newappliance: $20-200 each appliance usedmy last rehab was:60 elec permit cost + 300 elec repair (tenant destroyed meter box causing house to be condemned)1600 material + 1500 labor flooring for 1400 sqft500 material + 600 labor spray paint whole house semigloss and patch some large holes$30 for 4 interior doors which I put in$10 mirror for bathroom$100 paint porch, stairs, and stair rail brown$50 fridge, $10 burner plates for stoveI also spent at least a few hundred with help on cleaning and taking out the trash and some other expenses here and there which altogether added up to about 5 thousand.I spent maybe 30 hours over there in total on the weekends.

Tagging gurus: @Michael PlaksThanks , would it differ for renting full condo to renter VS part of the home (while owner still lives there)How about if someone has a 2M home and rents 1 bedroom few days month. would still qualify for deduction...lets say 1 bedroom and shared space = 1/8th part of the home  rented 100 days total in a yearcan cost segregarion still applies to 1/8th part of the home ?

Hi all, I'm new to the forums and open to feedback/advice on building/investing in Western NC.Some background on me, I've Lived-In rehabbed and made decent returns on 8 houses (lost most of it in a old divorce so in the middle of a restart to try to actually retire in the next 10-15 yrs).

I have used one for irrigation and water lines.   

I just got a response from them stating that our request was denied because we will not be living in the property for at least a year.

Hi,I am a newbie to real estate investing. we live in south bay and we are considering investing in a SFH in tracy.

I've purchased a few owner-occupied properties in Washington, buying houses and fixing them while living in them before moving on to the next.