I would go with workshop option, but get a deposit and signed lease before you start the conversion on the garage to work shop.  

If your units are more recently rehabbed to a nicer level, the appraiser will make adjustments.But going into the appraisal, I would have a list of comps you want them to use, and a set of the "realistic" comps they will use, with notes that compare yours to those.

It appears both activities listed fall under different NAICS codes.

Lakehead Ca was listed as a good investment opportunity for STR’s.

They're the most up to date list of properties to sell

@Gabriel Borrego if your looking for the actual specifc steps to invest in a specific strategy, I built a platform that helps users get started and it has the steps to begin investing in the basic strategies but I could put it into a Google document list or something like that if you are looking at a specific strategy?

A broker will also shop different lenders for you, and different brokers have varying access/relationship with their partnering lenders.

I always list myself.

Option: Start advertising it now and get an interest list.

The pros of listing in spring significantly outweighs whatever I end up paying them in this case.Looking for suggestions, thanks!