Buying the new house would mean you'd sell that in a few years when you moved to your forever home therefore adding in an extra set of realtor's fees and other costs associated with selling.If it was me, I'd stay as you are talking about moving in 5 years anyways. 

For your current snow if it was like RI  I would give them a little extra. 

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it!

And when trillions of dollars are sitting there waiting for the housing market to crash, that basically ensures that it won't crash -- prices won't have to fall very far before investors start spending all that extra cash, which will stabilize the market.

Maybe approach it backwards......ask them how much more rent they'd be willing to pay for an extra bath?

I'm up to adding the extra swaet equity but I don't know how to go around finding the financing for the property without any connections.

I'm not looking for hard money loan rates just pitching in with someone that might be looking for some extra cash for a project. 

When you sell to a relative, there's extra fun in reporting it.

Some investors cannot afford the higher required down payment, or the extra PM rates, and so on. 

LLCs usually provide an extra layer of protection between you and your investments.