Stick to your knitting and hire a pro.

So you can visit the basement, watch tv in the basement, knit afghans in the basement - but based upon the egress requirements you defined, it cannot legally be used as a sleeping area.So, if you do as you propose, and the housing police show up, you can try to sell them a story that you are not actually using the basement as a bedroom, and you really sleep on the couch upstairs, and you only visit the basement to assemble puzzles and play solitaire.

I also recommend the Renegade Detroit Investors club (in Berkley) for a closer-knit feel, and the Michigan Real Estate Investors (in Troy) for a lot of information with a lot of people.

It's a close-knitted community, I may offend the neighbors.

Have decided to limit to 4 units, HOA is amiable and residents are a close knit 'community' and amiable.

Those 3 have a close-knit friendship and association.

Over the years I have found that real estate investing communities are tight knit groups and word gets around quickly amongst investors and agents if someone operates in a less than above board manner (not that you would, I'm just saying).My general rule of thumb is that if someone gives me the lead then I go out of my way to make sure they get paid.

However some of the online reviews say that the dryer is too harsh on delicate knits.

We live in a very tight knit area, I'm just the new young kid on the block, literally.

I have not personally worked with them, but various loan officers have told me how they will knit-pick your loan to death (thou the pricing is very good).It would not come as a surprise if they don't make any exceptions to their tight guidelines, but that has little to do with new regulation.