I have never rented my property  for such  a use.

-Think about what asset class you want to go into as well, whether you are doing a short-term rental, mid-term rental, or long-term rental, you can also use up 75% of the rent income from the separate unit if you do decide to go into multifamily, this could make it easier to qualify for a small multifamily property.

I've used Zen Rent for 12 years now and is by far the best we have dealt with.

There are companies that specifically offer tenant doesn’t pay rent “insurance”.

If you're holding the property to rent, you'll definitely need to get out of that expensive hard money and into permanent financing as soon as the home is renovated. 

Probably not, but I wanted to create a linear path to compare selling vs. renting. 

The more bells and whistles you can offer, the more your property will rent.

It rents well and the regulations are friendly. the only problem is, most of the townhomes have CC&Rs which prohibit short term rentals. 

Should we avoid the hassles of trying to fix up the house and just sell as is, or fix it up and rent it out for generational income, or fix it up and sell?

She is insistent on using her security deposit as last months rent.