.- Most cities do NOT care if an owner lives in basement, but will not allow a tenant to unless baement has legal egress window.3) Check local statutes if any limitations on how many unrelated roommates are allowed.4) Check with local building dept to see if rental inspections and corresponding requirements.5) Local statutes allow locks on bedroom doors?

Start with one unit or a reliable tenant, then gradually expand.

They replaced the locks, shoveled the driveway, took photos, and are listing it today.

Refinancing next year would likely allow you to lock in a potentially lower rate than the 8% you're currently at, especially if the market conditions continue to favor lower rates.Avoid Duplicate Fees: You're right in thinking about avoiding duplicate fees for the refinance and HELOC.

I've heard of people being able to lock their HELOC rates after opening the line of equity. 

No additional locks shall be placed on doors or windows.

I approached them and told them our plan to convert the space (assumptive sale style) and offered to renew their lease and lock them in for the same rate for 18 months at the same time.

Seems very locked-down to Zillow listings in their current as-is layout.

Generally, using comps that are over 12+ months sold are not reliable to be an accurate reflection of current market values.

, we are not able to do keycode locks there.