Both are currently rented out long-term.

The smell lingered, but it got good enough for me to rent it out again.

In the future, when you go to rent the property, that will also be attractive to people like you, which is who you want you want to rent to (in my opinion).

If you're not currently listening to books educating yourself, I'd start today.A few I'd highly recommend...Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat - The BRRRR Rental Property Investment Strategy Made SimpleFLIP - How to Find, Fix, and Sell Houses for ProfitThe Book on Flipping Houses How to Buy, Rehab, and Resell Residential PropertiesThis book is not currently available on Audible but a must readThe Book on Estimating Rehab Costs - J Scott

Renting without a permit when a permit is required is breaking the city rules.

Try looking into zillow/Redfin and see what your potential rents you can get near the neighborhood by filtering the bedrooms/bathrooms of the intentional property that you are planning to buy.

At some point for DTI (Debt to Income Ratio) purposes, I also had to provide rent roll.

Anyone have thoughts on moving the two thermostats to the hallway, putting them on my phone for monitoring via wifi with a lock of of xx degrees, and including it in the rent?

I am renting a home to a friend of the family for far below rental market value.

Does this investment only allow you to live in the motel room or can you rent it out to guests?