If they arnt, just cut them off. 5) Ride it til it dies.6) No one opens their windows anymore.

Quote from @Tom Gimer: @Jay Hinrichs From some recently advertised terms of sale in DC:"Purchaser will take title to the property subject to all real estate taxes, water and sewer charges, and any other municipal or utility charges senior in priority to the Deed of Trust, if any." there ya go clear cut.. in the State of Washington you cannot transfer title without prop tax's being brought current..

I would argue that if it's a multi-family unit, at the very least you should be able to have your mortgage payment cut in half by house-hacking which is still a sweet deal. 

If I had 4 hours to cut down a tree I'd spend the first 3 hours sharpening the axe.

If it's not huge, well then maybe best to do exactly what you said, and leverage your super host status on another deal and move on as cleanly as you can.Can't the property owner just file the permit for you and you pay him an additional cut? 

That said I would like to remain anonymous as a landlord, and a sole proprietorship won’t cut it.

Come by with a laser measure and see, there are some that are tighter and others that are bigger (or use google earth, but I think it’s worth visiting to see how they feel at different widths).  

Hoping to get a knowledge short cut from the BP family.

I'm excited to cut my teeth on REI here in the sunshine state.

I was on a short vacation and cut it short to come back home before the boilermakers showed up.