For best results shop the vendors (who can be covered by insurance/meet HOA requirements) and get several options to your HOA management company to have the board pick from.

Maybe if you had a good, secure location to store things you could pre-order stuff you think you might need for your next project(s) and stockpile it.

However, pricing in Austin is still substantially above pre-pandemic levels.

Why are you starting a new thread when you posted this same stuff on an existing thread? 

We have an event this Saturday Feb 12, 2022, you can check out the Bigger Pockets page for it here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/...The group's page on Meetup.com is at:https://www.meetup.com/real-es...There is a $5.00 contribution which you can do in cash at the meeting as well, it doesn't come close to covering the cost of the space but I may be able to get another space shortly. 

It appears that even if remodeling costs a little more, or takes longer and you miss even more rent, there is enough room to cover that and still be the winning strategy. 

It may well form part of the bank valuation in terms of square foot, and it may be covered in the habitation license (the habitation license would cover house + annex), but it will be treated differently and need to be closed off for rental.

Just got off the phone with the zoning guy and he said since both of my lots pre-date the zoning regulations in the city, they're grandfathered in so-to-speak, which means I am able to build a single family on each one!

For example do you have a great w2 and can you afford to cover costs of a major repair or 3 months of vacancy?

My broker could not find any other carrier to cover a rental condo.