Market dependent, section 8 can pay more per month than a cash paying tenant.

There have also been times when I needed to put and pay for a hotel for such things as tenting a building, do major plumbing or big repairs etc….

The garage is a prime candidate for its own ADU, but for now, I just wanted to get some people paying for the mortgage then decide next steps.

Everyone is at difference levels in their flipping careers but I explained that in these nicer areas you're going to have a slightly smaller margin but you are paying up for the security of that return.

Fastforward to today and I have enough equity to pay the lien off.

What did you pay for this one?

The response I received from the PM was that it's due to recent legislation where she's seen "professional" tenants take advantage of recent tenant protection laws that allow them to stay in the property without having to pay rent for the term of the lease. 

The lease should dictate any free rent dates, so there should be no assuming involved.  2: If it is 100% occupied why are you paying any TI.  

After renting out the finished basement and one of the main units, we'd be paying a very comfortable amount for our part of the mortgage, and upon moveout we'd be breaking even with PITI + maintenance, capex, vacancy which is what we wanted to achieve.

I provide tenants with a form to request any improvements and it spells out exactly what they are doing, what material will be used, who will do the work, who pays for it, what happens to it when they leave, etc.