Before paying the contractor a draw visit the property and confirm that the work is completed in a workmanlike manner.

Is anyone here a part of his Inner Circle that could confirm whether it is worth the $1500/mo. investment?

Once she's confirmed she's out, then go in and take photos of everything. 

Wait til we start talking about management software and call centers!

I recently spent 80 hours like @Lucas Carl recommended, gathering information.I called local municipalities to confirm local areas were accepting or rejecting short term rentals. 

Can someone confirm if the city's "Housing Rental License" is sufficient to list on Airbnb and VRBO for MTR??

If you have 7 renovations going on at once hopefully your GC is using some type of project management software. 

Is any lender going to know that you are living in the lower garden non-conforming garden unit....highly unlikely.Also, I think an important thing to distinguish is illegal units vs. non-confirming. 

You can do this manually or through management software like TenantCloud and others.

I have been to the property and neighborhood and can confirm there is a fair amount of investment activity taking place.