., retirees, dual-income households, or tenants relocating for work) may reduce risk.Stay Up to Date on Landlord-Tenant Laws: Understanding your rights and obligations can help you navigate issues more effectively if they arise.That said, if the potential risks are keeping you up at night and the financial pressure of an eviction would be too much, selling may still be the best option for peace of mind.

I've also seen the extra space used to make a toy train set up for HO gage trains.  

Prepare financially by saving for down payments, improving your credit score, and setting aside emergency reserves.

I took the time to set it up and that property ended April 2024 at 100% occupancy. 

-I hate the process of placing tenantsCan someone please set me straight?

First, as someone else stated, if there was a keyed lock on the BR door, either you provide the tenant with a key for it, or you disable the locking mechanism, or you replace the entire handset with a standard bedroom set.

This is a good tenant of 5+ years, and I don’t want to cause unnecessary friction (I’m just trying to set up automatic systems for myself).

It takes the pressure off as deadlines approach and gives you room to solve unexpected issues.

As for offering subject-to financing, this is something that can be advertised under 'seller financing' in our local MLS, and there's investors that search specifically for listings with that marked, so that should introduce your property to a new set of buyers that may not have considered it before.

Setting rent significantly above FMV could be seen as an attempt to shift income or inflate deductions, leading to potential penalties.