Even if the zone has to include part of your home in addition to the STR, at least then the Guest has controls and the little bit of bleed-over shouldn't matter hopefully? 

Yeah, just stop the bleed and move on.You'd have to have a strong business case to say you can dig yourself out of this. 

If you include $300 for heat they will use $400 in oil; doors will be open for smoking, everyone will be walking around in shorts, and humidity will be bleeding from the walls.

., @Bruce Woodruff, and especially @Jill F..The only three things I'd like to emphasize are:(1) Linda's understanding that you have to know what kind of rental you're aiming for before you start redesigning a kitchen and planning on shelling out the big bucks.(2) Jill's rock-solid description of the process of getting this done.(3) As Scott said, if this is a C-class apartment, light that kitchen up like a surgery, and understand that less is probably going to be more here before you open up your wallet.Only one thing I'd like to expand on:The cheapest cabinets are made out of particle board, it's heavy, it warps and swells when exposed to moisture very easily, but it's cheap.

I have a tendency to go all in, learn and read until my eyes bleed and eventually master any task at hand.

When I get to court, my #1 priority is to get the Tenant out and stop the bleeding. 

and unless you are a well to do person who doesn’t mind bleeding cash every month in the short term for the later pay-off… don’t buy something that doesn’t make money.It’s somewhat like a house buyer buying a property they can’t afford… you are short every month.  

What took place after that was a series of questions that resulted from my original answer.Yes, I cover my CAPEX from my refi, because it is much larger and all upfront, than the slow bleed from the rent...one month at a time.  

Which then bleed into another property, and over a few months everything came unwound and he was at risk of loosing everything because of the way dominos were falling. 

what is the actual real estate worth.. also keep in mind you sell not only for a loss but your going to have recapture.. tough spot.. maybe lease option to purchase or longer term furnished rentalwe did that with a Vegas prop and you would be surprised what you can rent the homes for long term full furnished it should at least cash flow at those super low interest rates or stop the bleeding.