The NEW tax paid $48k/yr electrical inspector insisted on a lic electrician & as an aside must be UNION.

Furthermore, some cable companies will insist on using their own run of their own wiring to the actual cable box, partly because they don't want to trouble shoot something not working which may include a piece of wire not put in by them that may or may not work, but also they want to make sure they know how many splits you have, to how many TV sets, as in some locales they can charge you more if you split the signals and use cheap Chinese knock off converters and descramblers.

---So, insist on them providing the rental application and supporting docs for your review.

If you insist to go at it alone, check out the Rental Housing Association of WA and join it.

All the investors saying otherwise for trendy metros in the last couple years are going to be the ones who lose their rear ends as this current economic situation plays itself out.If you really insist on investing here, BRRRing, room renting, etc is the only way you'll get close to coming out here.

As long as you don't insist on listing it at too high a price, that won't be a problem.

I don't find any option to allow me to file it the way he insists is correct.

Then we give the benefits you get with the HELOC that you can't quite grasp so you insist that it's not a magical formula (something we aren't claiming) and then we start over. 

My parents are very generous with their time and insist on helping free of charge, but I do pay them sometimes (my rental application fees, always go to them).