no, you are not. therefore, that is why i built in the utility payment. as far as option 3 goes, i do like having the ability to bill overages back to them. however, i am not looking to suck every single penny from anyone. if it goes way over, that will be not so great, but you are collecting so much in rent each month that you should be able to afford it. many people will disagree with that but i have always operated from a place of fairness and never gouging anyone for all they are worth. i use to furnish my places and i do not anymore. i will throw in a few small items here and there but that is about it. it has not made too much of a difference so i have shied away from it the last few years. i also think it depends on your market. if furnishing the place is commonplace, then i would prepare to have a few pieces of furniture ready to go. as far as fair housing, that can be tricky as you know. lets talk more in depth about that so you can be more comfortable with it. happy to do a call with you if you would like. i think you are dead on with trying it as a pilot in one of your units. i really like that idea. i think that would be perfect for you. 

I have a friend whose friend is going through a divorce, he really needs to sell the house but he’s with an agent right now.

I want to help but don’t want to get into legal issues.
Is there a way to work around t...

I'm thinking I might put them on anyways because my apartments have two doors to every unit so even if one locks up they can still use the other door and i'll just change out the locked up dead bolt from the inside (replace it with a new one).

As you know it gets pretty dead up there during the winter so I suspect the income from any vacation rental would be very seasonal as well.

The reason I say this, is the money becomes dead if you just move out of the condo and sit it in your bank account, plus mortgage paying payments start coming 30 days after you close, so I'd like to have something I'm eyeballing before I refi. 

If no one answers circle back until you know it's a dead end.  

It's in a nicer part of town on a dead end rd.

Usually there is a complaint and/or an unfortunate or deadly accident that brings these thing to attentions.

Time to revive this dead thread . . .

The answer will be dependent on the exact facts and circumstances and each party's goals for the transaction, which haven't been fully fleshed out in the OP.