Should I simply keep them on the month to month agreement they have currently and have them sign the new lease in 60 days?

Accelerating depreciation is simply taking an expense early, that you would have gotten anyways.

You could simply go with....2 out of 3 bedrooms rented, so 2/3 is the “rental” portion and 1/3 is your residence portion. 

If there are pictures of it not being “broken” before move-on I’d get a handyman quote or have landlord do same to simply fix it.

One thing I learned is that simply to own a note originated in certain states, you might need to be a licensed loan originator and/or debt collector.I'm looking to get into note investing, and am hoping to identify the ideal state to get started.

It is simply risk based pricing.

I would simply make a 2 week, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month plan of a break down in what you want to accomplish and how.

I simply laid out what he was looking for so everyone could see.  

I recommend that you drop the method and the lingo - and simply look at what opportunity exists in your preferred market. 

I found plenty of sub 300k apartments/ houses in Chicago, which is simply impossible in LA/NYC/SF.