We may have crossed paths at a previous PadSplit meetup.

Fingers still crossed 1 rents it.

Properties within the same neighborhood, similar bedroom and bath count, similar square footage, etc.

To answer your question though, yes home improvement and marketing counts.

@Jonathan Greene“when everyone knows it takes six to eight months of cross-platform marketing to make stuff happen.”I didn’t think about this until I read your post.  

The previous owners did a do-it-yourself remodel which had tons of red flags if I had taken the time to cross-reference the sellers disclosure with the inspection report, but at that time the market was hot and I had to move fast.

If you rent the basement room to someone or market the house as a whole counting the basement as a bedroom and a fire breaks out and someone dies or is injured in the basement without an appropriate egress from the room you could be liable for all of that.   

I’ve had to check myself more times than I can count, but that’s part of the growth.

Will you keep self managing as unit counts increase?

Were you able to find a way to make that income count, or did you pursue alternative strategies to qualify for financing?