Our current manager I believe puts his name and company on it. 

If the contractor has no Insurance you are more likely to be drawn into a suit by the injured party,3. an employee of one of the contractors is injured on the job site.  

Our target for one condo is STR and LTR for the other one.

My wife and I own a dental practice and purchased our building.

Yes, we will be starting our business in 2022  in north Texas. 

Currently, I don't manage a STR but we do manage our LTR ourselves (I know there are plenty of differences) and as we are currently looking for a STR to invest in, we would do it ourselves.

My wife and I have purchased the real estate to our dental office and want to see how we can maximize our refinance.

To pick the right house, use sites like Zillow, Redfin, and Realtor.com, know what's going on in the local area, and look at loan options like regular bank loans or FHA loans.

I listed the unit myself on Facebook and my university's off-campus housing site and received many inquiries.

@Dan H. answer is detailed and correct.The cost to convert your garage to ADU is not equal to the comparable sales which is what is used for an appraisal.If you want to put your Mom on site to help her and the goal is not for financial reasons it will make sense.