Love all of this information.

What you REALLY mean is this: "WAAA!

This is a very broad question. 

**This is not legal advice, but is what was promoted to fund a guru company class**This is true.

So I'd rather go with someone legit and who will close vs trying to save a little $ and screwing up a deal. 

I am brand new to all things Real Estate, and Investing related and I signed up for BiggerPockets to meet great people in the same space I'm trying to enter as well as learn as much as I can.

It will be so much easier to let all your leases go MTM and give notice to vacate then list and avoid all this, which does the exact opposite of what the ordinance is trying to accomplish. 

This could potentially drive up the price on the subject property. 

There is a way to leverage losses from a rental property that you are actively participating in managing + you need to meet a few more criteria too lengthy to break down here in the forum post - to be clear, this isn't what you described (e.g. 

Your architect can create this for you.For hot water heaters, is there a lock on the door to that room?