To avoid the risk management/insurance that comes with tenants' wood fire use:I'm thinking to seal the chimney cap on roof and run a cord putting an electric Infrared heater fireplace in there, so they can still open the glass and get heat and watch TV over the mantle, but can't burn anything or have any flame.

SECTION 8 ANALYSISSection 8 Rent permitted            $1785.30Subtract Utility Allowance             - 468.00    Actual Rent Charged               $1317.30Subtract Mortgage                         - 500.00Subtract Prop Mgmt Fee               - 131.73Subtract Taxes (20%)                     - 263.46Subtract 10% Vacancy                   - 131.73Subtract 10% Cap Ex                      - 131.73            CASHFLOW TO US             $ 158.65STANDARD LEASE ANALYSISMonthly rent (asking amt

Places like San Antonio might present more favorable cap rates, from what I read in Forbes recently.Refinancing could free up equity if today’s loan terms are more attrative, though that depends on current interest rates and the property’s updated value.

That kind of restriction just doesn’t work for someone like me.I’m trying to figure out if I might be missing something in how I’m approaching this or if others have insights or examples of towns that not only allow STRs but also have laws that offer enough flexibility to operate in the way I’m aiming for.Many towns technically permit STRs but impose restrictive rules like membership requirements, ownership duration limits, or rental day caps, making operations challenging.

The ADU I am thinking of adding is on a triplex property and my understanding on the valuation of these types of properties is cap rates (4-5% depending on the neighborhood in LA) and thus adding more income to the property increases the value of the property assuming the cap rates hold Triplexes and quads are not appraised on cap rates if using conventional financing.  

Finally closed it at a 12+ cap on in-place.

This is relevant for multiple reasons 1) appreciation is where the real wealth is generated in RE 2) real estate has tax advantages over cash flow 3) in CA property tax increase is capped.  

Although we do have deals on the lending side that dont work but we are not forced into a position to take big loss's like we were when the banks were calling our loans.. this will happen in the DSCR world as all these folks are using same type of debt IE debt that can be called based on the terms of the debt or like you have seen with the syndicators that are talked about on BP max leverage bad debt things dont go right And you have cap calls or projects totally lost. 

WE did this for go zone tax bene's  which worked well in those years.but the issue comes that keeping nice bigger new homes in great shape just cost more than little rental dingers.. and in fact as i sold them off I had to do 10 to 20k of cap ex on each one to get full market price.. 

If you are looking to avoid cap gains on one, ok, but paying you a little more to become the bank is not whipped cream on a sundae to me, it's like one old walnut.