In order to obtain the necessary permits, the owner must also file an affidavit with the local inspection department attesting that s/he is the owner of the property, that s/he will personally superintend and manage all aspects of the construction and will not delegate that duty to any unlicensed person, and the owner must be personally present for all inspections.

Courts are backed up and it will take months if not a couple of years for courts to catch up with evictions filed during the last 2 years.2.

Don't be cheap and always hire an attorney when terminating or evicting a tenant because there are too many laws to deal with, too many changes in laws and a decent attorney turns over every stone before filing for the eviction in court.

The sooner you file the notice to evict, the sooner you can move the courts to move your tenant if they think they can just stay.Be polite, but business-like.

I made a video about this just the other day. https://youtu.be/iZ1OMKWfjFgIf your income isn't great, you'll want to do both in the same calendar year (or at least before you file taxes for the following year) because you'll file a Schedule E (rental income).

I filed an LLC in Hawaii and after months of trying, I finally got a small credit line for my company.

Many try to make illegal extra units and if you rented that out and someone was killed or badly hurt, you are going to get one heck of a law suit filed on you. 

Also, I tried calling the Mother-in-law to verify her application and it directly goes to voice mail.

@Jana GibbsOhio is a unique state that it requires a separate tax filing obligation in various cities/counties. 

If something were to go wrong, it would be on the contractor to file the insurance claim.