We lease by the bed and are concerned that students will lock their roommates out, causing additional safety concerns and lots of headaches. 

For instance, in a family-oriented neighborhood, additional storage might enhance appeal and facilitate a quicker sale, albeit with a relatively modest increase in value.It's essential to view these improvements from a value-added perspective.

Walk around there on a weekend if you haven't done that already to see if you think it's for you.

Investing in this market is not a cake walk, so ensure that you talk to a number of folks and begin to formulate your plan of action moving forward.

If you save an additional $12000 per year that's $12000 more in your pocket.

In addition, the stock market has really been rallying this first part of the year, although that is obviously more speculative.  

We always try to remove them where the additional light from outside or ventilation isnt needed, when needed, we have replaced with glass block or nicer unit we built custom non functioning window out of pvc. 

I always joked I was just going to pop a hole in the drywall so they could point to it and say, "there fix that" and be happy. lol Always video the walk through with the inspectors, 

If you want to capture additional short-term gains... probably best to just stay the course you are on. 

Additionally, I would be surprised if any lender would approve this set up.