I would love to connect and talk shop someday!

There have been lots of stop and starts with businesses opening for a few months to a year only to close due to rents being too high and not enough people to patronize the shops. 

They are now shopping your deal and trying to find a real buyer before coming back to you and signing your assignment.

Additionally, Jackson inflated hours spent on activities, for example, spending 2 hours shopping for Nespresso pods.

What I'm thinking about is to combine bedrooms 1 and 2 into a large primary and add a full path adjacent to the current full path. 

As well as coffee shops like Bottoms Up Coffee are moving in and small microbreweries like Brew Dog and Land Grant 

While these contractors are certainly out there, in my experience they also tend to be the ones that work with home owners directly and charge "retail" prices, not "investor" prices.I would shop around with lenders to understand how they work with their loans.  

That guideline is lender specific, so I would suggest shopping it around. 

here is the situation. i left a really good paying job to take care of my 81 year old parents because my dad is chronically ill and my mom is almost there. i wont go into too much detail, but my sis doesnt help them. ill leave it at that. we have a person who comes twice a week to help with cleaning and other household tasks. i carry the bulk of the weight cooking their meals, running errands, grocery shopping, picking up meds, and taking them to dr appointments. its a full time job. i get a small salary of $1000 a month from a care giver sub contractor for the VA. ive been paying my bills with what savings ive had, but only have a few months of funds left. i own a duplex. i have over 200k in equity. i live in texas and texas has weird laws about refi and heloc/heloans when the property is 4 units or less and owner occupied. i would rather not sell, but if thats my only option i will have to at some point.does anyone have any advice or possibly be able to point me to lenders who might be able to work with my situation?

That will set the price points you can shop at.