What is your experience with solar panels and how the bank handles them?

Look for FPE panels (dated equipment that can cause fires), also look for bare wire, mismatched breakers, older outlets and fixtures, knob and tube, etc.8.

@Patrick BrittonThe answer is: it depends.Electrical: If each unit has its own {sub}panel coming off the main and the unit is wired to that sub-panel, then moving the panels onto separate entrances is quite simple.  

Once unit is vacated, for good measure you can look for window and door gaps within the panels and frames and fill in those gaps accordingly with caulk/silicone or a gap filler.

I would consider a large glass panel poolhouse setup over a garage door.

It is also true that most investors don’t maintain or fully fund reserves for their properties (roofs/siding/plumbing/garage doors/electrical panels).

Beyond that, you'd have to have ingress/egress abilities, a poured floor, and then everything else you'd need in a standard room - this is aside from your permitting process, and enough panel space to add the extra electrical load.

Create a false panel to hide the recycling bins- you can buy ready made ones or make your own. http://diy-alternative-energy.com/15-best-looking-ways-hide-trash-cans-frugal-fabulous/ Change out the light fixture for something more decorative.

@Nick Wiswell , Welcome to BP, nice to see another investor from San Jose, and you are already getting tons of advise from a panel experts here.I met @Sam McClellan   at one of the  J.

When complete early next year, will be the largest panel maker in North America and create 3000 local jobs.