What is the time on market for rent right now currently for duplexes in that neighborhood and is your monthly asking price high, average, or low for the area.

I think you found yourself in the right place - soak up as much knowledge as you can but don't forget to take action!

Right now, I m not sure if they can finish in 3 months and it might be dragged for longer time.

And even the half baths that I added only went in when there was clearly a space for it that made sense.While you will probably get some credit for it in both rent and ARV, if you put it in a "weird" place, like right off the living room, dining room, or kitchen, you will not get the full credit others may get when they put it on a hallway.  

This is not one case, I found a lot of properties like that in past auctions.Question: Is that right?

By changing any of those, you then are required to update the code for the room, which would most likely add to your list the requirement to add a smoke detector, which may not already be present in the room if it is not a new home.Now, that is the RIGHT way to do the conversion. 

The time was right so I jumped in and got my feet wet!

Now you have to evict as this A @#@HOLE has rights.  

I think the bigger question for you now is whether the time feels right for getting started on your first BRRRR.If you were ready to get started, but were short of your all-cash goal of $80k, there are loan programs that can finance lower purchase prices in the Detroit area.

The garage is a + Right on!