Stocking the apt with ikea furniture pays for itself in only a couple months.

I recommend checking with your local building inspector.Due to the dimensional differences between lumber today and 1890 lumber, you will most likely have to rip larger stock to the correct width as a tight fit is required for fire blocking.Good luck with your project!

Then after one year or so, can I count them as income, together with the dividend from my stock account and qualify for loan to buy more properties with 20-30% downpayment then, even I am unemployed?    

., down payments, etc.) given the low interest rate environment, negative yields in sovereign debt markets, and US stock market at all time highs - in lots of ways the markets seem discombobulated and signalling different things.

Specifically, layoffs would need to happen, maybe the stock market tanks at least 20%, or interest rates a lot higher.  

However, if you die owning shares of stock of a corporation that owns real estate, there is no step-up available for the real estate.

-How much stock do you take in the appraised value of the home if available on the county website?

Ty, be careful how much emphasis and stock you put in the buzz words you hear in the flashy articles and ads.  

@Stephen SeaberryDiscount rates are primarily used as a means for valuing dividend and interest paying securities (i.e. stocks, bonds, preferred stock, etc.)

I don't put so much stock in foreign investors driving up the market.