All of them - regular rental houses, STRs (short-term rentals), apartment buildings, office buildings, storage facilities and so on. *** Never put rental properties in S-corporations!

Universities will put money into new facilities for education but in many case run out of space to build dormitories.   

In 1973 while travelling through the Knoxville area I toured the Oakridge Nuclear Facility visitor's center. 

The fact that it will be used as a sober living facility will turn off a majority of traditional DSCR and Fix and Flip Lenders.

Here’s the moves I made on chronological order1984 - liquidated SFR and began purchasing commercial property - concentrating on automotive repair facilities and single tenant industrial/retail2000 - began liquidating SOME commercial property and concentrated on building a mortgage note portfolio of primarily commercial property notes.2011 - took a detour and purchased 5 high rise condos in Phoenix at 35% of their previous sale price. 2023 - sold Phoenix condos and commercial properties and invested (investing) in equity REITs while still holding 60% of my “portfolio” in mortgage notes  

Fix & Flip, Buy & Hold, Subject To, Wraps, Notes, Commercial, apartments, elder care facilities, land, builder, project manager, etc, etc,b.

Check your mother’s situation.  

No way to answer your question without knowing your overall financial situation, your goals and so on. 

Looking for some advise on what other experienced investors would do in my situation. 

Having a legal occupancy alone isn’t always enough for appraisers or lenders.In our situation, the mortgage officer/broker went the extra mile and got a letter from the City Zoning Department.