Zain,While the $2500 tank removal is high, it's not necessarily prohibitive. 

The FAR/BAR is widely used throughout the State of Florida, and I'm not aware of any prohibition on using it for yourself in your own transaction.

Who’s OutYouYour SpouseYour natural parents and/or your adoptive parentsYour natural grandparentsYour natural children and/or your adopted childrenThe spouses of your natural childrenAny fiduciary of your Solo 401kAny people providing services to your Solo 401k–such as your stockbroker–as well as his employees and both his and his employees’ blood relativesYour Solo 401k trust document provider or administratorWho’s InYour brothers and sistersYour Spouse’s brothers and sistersYour spouse’s parentsYour spouse’s grandparentsYour stepchildrenYour spouse’s stepchildrenYour grandparent’s spouse, if not your natural grandparentYour aunts, uncles, and cousinsMore resources: https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-prohibited-transactionshttps://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/retirement-plan-investments-faqs

I read around and my understanding is that some states such as California now prohibit use of such smoke alarms and instead require the ten year battery models (or hard wired as you suggest).

Not sure if its good for the communities but it seems good for the investors.On May 13, 2016, Governor Doug Ducey signed into law SB 1350, which prohibits municipalities from banning the listing and use of short-term rentals. 1Prior to SB 1350, short-term rentals were essentially “flying under the radar” in most areas of the Valley, including Scottsdale, which prohibited less than 30 day rentals.

@Jered Sturm - I looked into this several years ago and the cost of solar panels (not including installation costs) was prohibitive.  

If it meets that criteria, it would imply that there is a draw there and that the legal environment is conducive or at least non-prohibitive to that kind of business. 

I'm quite sure that planning does not require a 3.11/neighborhood notification (which is the main clusterf*ck you want to avoid in SF :)  Otherwise it's lots of little nudnicks from DBI, but bottom line, as long as you have decent ingress/egress, ceiling heights, etc I don't think the requirements are prohibitive.

Also many states prohibit marketing properties you do not own unless you are licensed.

They glanced at the CO and survey, but didn't even look at the address.Renting rooms in prohibited unless the homeowner lives there.Can't do a two family as the town doesn't permit any two family homes, except those that are grandfathered in.It's not the end of the world if the kitchen is removed, but it's a nice selling point that I figured would increase the rent a little.