Have you approach your building inspector and checked with local housing regulations (number of unrelated residence) first.

I enjoy learning in a structured environment and also want to "rebrand" myself away from being a CPA to more of a businessman.

Per our lease, the deposit can be used for items other than damages and our lease was created by a local RE attorney who we assume is familiar with the local L/T regulations.What you can use the deposit for will be determined by your lease and local L/T regulations with the L/T regulations being what applies if there is a conflict with the lease.Therefore to get a thorough and accurate response requires knowing the location of the rental. 

Thanks.There actually are about 20 or so offerings that are targeted to nonaccredited investors, using regulation A+.

Charleston the design is something that is highly regulated and of course for good reason keeping the theme of the city in a manner the locals want to see it or keep it at.

You may be able to Google the regulations in your city.

rent control is not that big of an issue in rural OR WA it self regulates based on average income in Rural WA and OR.. you not going ot rent 2500 dollar a month 1 bd apartments in Aberdeen for instance..  

In todays business environment it is essential that you do not use term leases except where required by your mortgage company.

Nashville which just passed a new ordinance making it even more difficult to legally operate an STR, and there's less margin/higher entry cost)  Your first consideration should be regulations.  

@Daniel Weber I am trying to see if I can place a bathroom and exercise room in the basement of a 3 family house, I wanted to find the code that regulates that thanks