Of those that do rent quickly mid school year, it is usually a new arrival to the island.For those that might be interested in thinking outside the box, consider how your studio and one bedrooms might be more appealing if you make some "tiny" upgrades.

@Dan Johnson 👍🏼My 4-plex is zoned for 6...so I just need to drop a tiny house in the backyard and BOOM...It is a 5-plex and will use the income approach.

The basements were often hand dug and therefore shallow, basement walls made from brick, stone and concrete, sometimes a mix and usually damp, no sump pump, old electrical and hard to work on, old plumbing system, plaster walls with cracks, only one bath, tiny closets, smaller bedrooms, tons of millwork - sometimes original, often with 5 coats of cakey white paint, doors and windows often built on site and custom sizes, so you can't go to HD and pick up a new door, it won't fit.

She doesn't want to live in a tiny house as we start a family, yet we appreciate the minimalist approach and would foresee a smaller square footage of our home (with the exception of some land).

Nice big kitchen, unusual for these, probably the upstairs kitchen, while the downstairs kitchen is tiny.

Even small tiny ones you don't think could possibly make a difference make a difference.  

They may not be able to release details but should be able to give you some info as to when the bill started to accumulate and the source of who/when some of the tiny payments have been coming in from etc...How ere the utilities not shut off?

You just need a tiny business of some sort to "sponsor" the account, very easy to set up.

I had already been doing coliving for some time, so I planned to rent the main house by the room.Here's the rent roll:Main house (rented and managed by the room): $2,9902br cottage: $1,495Tiny house parking: $495 (oh yeah I forgot to mention--in Portland tiny house parking is decriminalized, so I make sure to spend the time and money to install utilities like sewer, water, and electric and host tiny house owners who want to park their units on my property)Total rent: $4,980CostsPurchase price: $396KImprovements: $103KHolding costs: $15KMortgage closing costs: $15K (including a points buy-down)Total costs: $529K ($514K before closing costs)FinancingThe house was appraised at $630K all said and done (on $514K of what I paid before closing costs) @ a 75% LTV for an investment property, yielding $472,500 in financing, or a total of $529K - $472.5K = $56.5K left in the deal.

Of course, that may really not be the case and maybe she had no intention of actually buying it but forgot to mention that tiny detail to what is now an uninformed seller.