Goals are great, but you are throwing a lot of things at the wall right now.House hacking is a great option for a lot of people, but you already own a home and have equity in it.

Not getting at least a title search is off the wall crazy.Land contracts/trusts will work but they are passive trusts and individual liability will continue. 

As far as say a vanity, always go back with at least the same size, will save you ton of work fixing walls, floors etc.

If the tenant identifies an area of moisture that may be causing growth we immediately address the source of the moisture, replace and damage building material (usually dry wall) and or use mold cleaning solutions/mold blocking primers as required. good luck

I opened the walls up once.

I think this might be a low point because the Canadian government is trying to pump the housing market before the election next year by lowering rates, relaxing mortgage insurance conditions etc.Yes they have been putting in all these measures to prop up the housing market as they see the pending implosion writing on the wall. 

And can I get away with only getting permits on new electric & moving plumbing, but demo,  erect walls myself and things like that?

For example we write exclusive use of the rental property includes use on two sides to the tree line, on one side to the rock wall and to the front curb. 

Is building over the drive through limiting your ability to punch a hole in a wall, re-stripe the traffic pattern and, and put in a restaurant drive thru, when/if the time comes?

1 Bed 1 ba condos can be difficult at times, making the design as unique as possible such as adding accent walls or expensive finishes throughout the home that matches your towns aesthetic/niche are valuable additions to smaller homes where you can't usually add a pool table or other amenities you would find normally in a house.