Take the few extra hours it may take to originate the bank loan and divide it by the added finance charges and its normally more than most borrowers time is worth.

Fourth: even if the entire deduction is available, it results in much smaller automobile deductions in future years and extra taxable income when you sell the vehicle or trade it in.

I turned the extra room without a bathroom into a workout room as a bonus amenity.

Not every state or city mandates that any landlord has to accept Section 8, because the landlord has to not only subject their property to Section 8 inspections, rules and regulations, they also often have to separately arrange for the tenant to pay the non-covered part of the rent and can face difficulty evicting just based on that.

I'm considering converting the shed into a DADU to maximize the use of the space and earn some extra income. 

i provide dishwasher if we are putting a new kitchen. also a garbage disposal.sometimes i provide washers/dryers if i have extra laying around (i always seem to have them).sometimes i have purchased fridges and ovens since it's best to invest in capital expense and get a tenant than to have a house sit empty forever.our lease also states that tenants should purchase the appliance plan, which noone really does purchase. 

3-year PPPs are usually reasonably priced while also shaving off those extra 2 years...if you drop below 3, rate/cost can get a little gross.

According to the pictures it looks like extra trashy place.

The only real offer I got through FF was for $1700 a month, and I'd rather leave it empty than take that and pay for the heating bills and the extra wear and tear of long term renters.

(Give that to sellers, they picket $100k after paying off the loan.) and then pay them 4.5% interest (what they could get from the bank.) now you’re talking $750/yr extra interest, and it’s being paid to family.