The house I live in now was an old burned out shed/horse barn that I remodeled using cash and it has saved me thousands in rent.

@Hattie Dizmond  Is right, us Texans like our space (we need it it for all the imaginary horses everyone seems to think we own lol)! 

It stalled again & then he wanted confirmation that his existing tenants paying <MKT RENTS COULD STAY.

Now I see you're just parading around on your high horse. 

Is that something you recommend, or is that putting the cart before the horse?

It is a Stall Tactic that is used by some tenants to stall the eviction process.

CorbenHi Corben.I'll be the first to admit I have horse blinders on, as I 99% focus on the Sedona market- but my clients are getting 25%-60% cash on cash returns, huge appreciation and have local market security.

Hi @Max Warner - I'm by no means a STR expert but am generally happy to network about real estate in Rhode Island.At this point it's still town-by-town so the "horse's mouth" is really just calling (or visiting) and asking the building/zoning department for each town.There was an attempt to make a state-wide, required short-term rental registry/database, but Governor McKee vetoed it.It remains to be seen whether the General Assembly will successfully override that veto but some folks have certainly been pushing in that direction.So for the moment, you still just really need to check with the city/town.

Bienes Raices What type of rental and what size shower stall?

It boils down to, those that can do, those that cant teach.......The "I am giving something back" notion, is a load of horse hockey.