You're making a fairly common mistake of designing your castle when you haven't even learned how to build a chicken coop.

Quote from @Chris Seveney: Btw anyone see a common thread between this, lane k.

You are suffering from a common misunderstanding of the law.

Illegal basement units seem to be very common in this area.

The most commonly listed minimum is 5.5sqft.6 - Heating and Cooling element.

As in the common rent for properties of the same size that you can put a box around on a map. 

Basically, they are abbreviated inspections that focus on the more expensive liabilities that investors are looking for instead of under-caulked windows and damage to drywall.

I highlighted two common exceptions in my earlier post, but doesn't sound like either scenario applies to your case. 

Pretty common for the area to do work like this

Being the experienced PM that you are and professionally screen your tenants on your future rbr HH, I think that you will be able to debunk (not sure if that is a word) all of the common rbr misconceptions.When Acorn decides to take on rbr pm, lets connect!