Building codes are also becoming less forgiving nationwide, especially for multi-family.

This provides a protection for unpermitted units that did not exist prior to sb13.The cost has many dependencies including the current quality (is the work to code), how thorough the jurisdiction will be in verifying to code, the size of the ADU (less than 750’ has lower fees than those greater than 750’), cost of your contractors, and many other things that could effect the cost.To be blunt a jurisdiction can make it costly to bring to code or make it easy.Good luck

Zip code sets the stage, and numbers and tenant mix determine the outcome.If you are buying in the next 90 to 120 days, now is the time to get very clear on rents, property taxes, and what your exit looks like after year one.I am a investor friendly licensed RE broker and I work with investor clients across Chicagoland.

If you’re renting out rooms in your home and the rental portion isn’t a separate dwelling, your deductible expenses are limited to the amount of rental income (under § 280A(c)(5) of the tax code.

In Ohio, there are several online sites including this one: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-5321You're running a business so you must know the laws governing it.

Sure we use pretty big data sets and demographics to take out big chunks of markets that don't qualify, or refine big areas, but working with things like "desirable zip codes" is simply too large of an area to be focused on accurately, at least in my midwest market. 

I would get rid of the entire key situation and just get a Schlage door code lock.

They just have special treatment exempting them from certain chapters of the tax code and subjecting them to others.At the risk of stating the obvious, you and your retirement accounts are all separate taxpayers.If you invest in a syndication that uses leverage using a retirement account, it will receive a K1reflecting income/loss just like any other investor.

This is because the tax code is not designed to have the two property types be intertwined.

Analyze markets, which is what you are actually doing with your analysis method.Start with an area, not a zip code (too large).