@CJ M. gotcha, wish there was an easier way to search such list, but also must respect ones privacy.

For many people in NYC, the Air BnB model offers a significant opportunity within the framework of your primary residence - for example, if you live in a 1 bedroom apartment right now, possibly get a 2 bedroom and configure it for guests to stay while insuring your privacy.

Grandma may eventually require some Hospice or other home care and you need privacy from that.

Buy and put in the bedroom a new Lay-Z-boy for her and a small love seat for you and your husband to sit and visit with her.Get a big flat screen TV and mount it on the wall where it can be seen from the bed and the Lay-Z-boy.Install a ceiling fan with a remote, and some nice curtains that you pick out.Then ask her what she has (pics, a small side table, magazine rack, book case, mementos she want in the room, and what she should like to have stored in the garage.Put grab handles in the shower and on the toilet sides and make sure the bathroom lights are very bright.Buy a NEW safe easy to use for an old person space heater that blows air.Get her set up with the local meals on wheels so she has something special to look forward to every day (and to ease your chores), and make a weekly chore out of keeping her space very cleanly.Be careful of in-home and home visit elder care personnel, some have sticky fingers.And respect her wishes for privacy, but don't neglect visiting with her when she wants it.Good Luck!

Plan was for new carpet / flooring, new paint, and a new fence for privacy in the backyard.

Compared with qualified retirement plans, IBC offers more security, better protection from creditors, more privacy, no limits to contributions, and easier/faster/more flexible access to funds than any of the qualified retirement plans.

Do you think renting by the room is a good way to go or is worth the extra privacy to get a duplex and rent the other unit?

It was a complicated transaction but it facilitated privacy and protection for us and the seller. 

It's even more well received when you remind them that this is to protect their stuff, privacy and ultimately their pets as well. 

So for the liability protection, privacy, and easy keeping business expenses/income seperate I have determined an LLC is right for my situation.So here's my questions:From a financing perspective the best rates I've gotten is if I get the mortgage personally under my name (which I am fine with doing).