North Ridgeville, OH · Member since 2013 · 11 posts · 0 votes
In my area, there are a lot of reasonably priced 5 Bedroom places (some in worse condition than others). With that being the case, I want to kill 2 birds with one stone. Moving out and bring in another source of income.
But I'm wondering one thing. One of my goals is to grab one of those houses, rehab it, create a studio apartment for myself (I want the bare minimum in personal responsibilities) , and 2 other units to rent out.
So the question is, how hard (and maybe more importantly, is it even reasonably possible) is it to make a single-family house into multi-unit house? I would figure a minimum amount of square feet would be needed, but I'm wondering if the effort is even reasonabily possible.
@Byron Broadnax - you should go to your local zoning/permitting office and ask somebody there. They will tell you exactly what the requirements are and whether or not you can actually do what you want to do.
Things will vary by city so asking the people that make the rules is your best bet.