Usually stone is attached over the sheathing material with a vapor barrier and wire mess to allow the motar to bed in.I'd be careful about figuring the labor to gently remove it (big hammers are awesome, but in good and bad ways :) It could take some time.I love hardie-plank siding.

A possible twist could be if vacation/short term rentals work in your market, that type of model may work with single family homes.

Even after you've been doing this a while, you can learn a new twist that might make your process easier. 

Gentle lurkers,If you've been lurking around here in the forums long enough, you learn that there is a clear distinction between those people who post things from a place of knowledge and experience, and those people who post things from Fantasy Island, where they are capable landlords with long histories of property ownership behind them.

(helpful is best, condescending lectures less welcome, but also good, but be gentle)

I am very gentle and figure out there needs (why they are selling) then I create a plan that works for both of us.

Some go up toRehab – Rehab a property just as you would usually with 2 twists; better financing and doubling your rents.

The reason for this that they integrate with nearly any of the remote-connected systems and they don’t try to mechanically open locks/deadbolts themselves, but rather just activate/deactivate the ability for the user to manually twist the handle/deadbolt themselves.

We have decided to rent out our current home, but with a twist. 

You are really good at twisting words.