To give you a more cut and dry answer however ...

The kitchen is what's sold me in my first house and it'd a great lay out in my current house.My next house I'll be a bit more specific - bigger deeper sinks, pasta faucet even if I only use it once a yesr for a big jug of summer iced tea lol and a dishwasher, walk in pantry are on my check list.I feel other amenities like skylights or big windows, cellars for dry storage would be cool too but I'm not really a big baker or canner lol.Now it's got me thinking - imagine a hidden island?

If you can not find coverage in the standard market, there are excess (specialty) markets that write Group Homes.  

Those developers pray long enough while building out the building that the tenant will open and they can sell it off before taking a bath on it.The small to medium franchisees eventually if the have trouble get bought out by a Private Equity group that runs them like sh*t and makes their money back and sucks any remaining profit dry before they close or ask landlord for rent reduction.That's what 20 years experience teaches you versus buyers just looking at a cap rate thinking something is a good deal.

Typically, when I'm counseling with an out of state client that is living in a higher cost of living area - the client is usually better off to house hack in an expensive market rather than buying RE in a lower cost of living area unless there is a lot of excess capital to work with.If you have any questions - feel free to reach out as I am happy to chat.

Even the auctions are dried up right now.

I am ok with it as long as I can definitely get my parcel back without excessive cost or complication.

California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

A family of four in a two-bed unit isn't too many, but the excess furnishings may be a sign of trouble.

So, by your logic this landlord should be aiming at an approach that can lead to excess vacancy/turnover which is costly.