There were a lot of great actionable ideas - like considering lease options, rent to own, buying 1 bedroom condos/studios, or even getting into the developing game that I think directly address my concerns.Ultimately, I've had a lot of hesitancy and I've struggled to discern if it's truly a moral quandary holding me back or if I'm just making excuses to sit on the bench.

It's almost as bad as the "how much do you bench bro," at the gym. . . . . . 

Create value (think clean common areas, flower pots, clean laundry room, lawn that looks good etc.) and tenants are usually happy to pay for convenience.

The added layers of 'team' mean hands in the pot. 

There’s no other pot of gold to hold out for.

@Jarrod Gregory we called it the honey pot.

Benching around the perimeter is also an option, but that'll reduce your square footage.

Although you can see I still made a not-up-to-code kind of railing with benches.

nah you can do it... but smarter to budget a month without the bathroom.once you start the demo you will keep going until your down to studs and joists.do everything new, you wont regret it.the chamber pot system worked before it can work again.

The drain tile company I hired hacked the knotty pine wood walls in the basement and destroyed the sauna and sauna benches in the basement.