But, now laws are much stronger, identity much more difficult to hide.  

where how difficult it would be to get a variance to make the basement a legal rental?  

Why not do Property Management, I see you already are a licensed RE agent, getting a license through Hotels & Restaurants is not too difficult.

Theyre difficult to deal with at his point; not allowing access for capital repairs.

Having an expert landlord attorney involved will help you a lot.As for the actual question, it is very difficult if not impossible to "stop" a tenant from damaging your property, because you are not inside the property to know what they are doing.

STRs are difficult for a traditional LTR PMC to properly manage!

It protects you from cash flow and also provides leverage with difficult tenants. 

I know for a fact that Chase has an internal condo approval process for all loans being sold/brokered to them. https://selling-guide.fanniemae.com/sel/b7-3-03/master-prope...For FHA, the guidelines are FHA 4000.1.Also, this: https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/hu...Long story short, condos are becoming increasingly difficult to finance.

Crowdfunding withing the US residents has a lot of regulation and that's the only barrier as far as the custody of crypto even though difficult not impossible but the actual asset t's risky also because it is a volatile asset and any cryptocurrency therefore for US residents unnecessary to raise funds through (unless using stable coins) crypto since the US dollar is what most end seller would require.

Specific Questions.With a long term one year lease term, with month to month terms after, how difficult is the process to "force" the Tennent out if needed to move into the property as our primary residence.