I imagine the possibility of building some large communal areas (living, dining, kitchen, work out, study/office, playroom) which will be central to some clusters of 2-3 rooms for sleep mainly.

We did some remodeling in the vacant one (spent about 8K on floors, painting, new vanity in a bathroom, and redid kitchen that we hired out and my husband is a master electrician so he put in new switches and fixed any lighting issues and a couple other little things) and we put it at market rent.

I’m looking at 6storage, but I’ll likely just use Avail (since that’s where I work and it’ll do all I need, though it’s designed for resi, not storage).I hope you’re wrong and I won’t be driving there a ton!

Since purchase, we have renovated much of the unit, except the kitchen, for approximately $15k.

Since purchase, we have renovated much of the unit, except the kitchen, for approximately $15k.

I've received 3 quotes to correct this problem, this will cost $11k-$15k to fix (they will basically drill small holes at the bottom of the basement to allow the built-up water behind the wall come into the basement, and then create a trench in the basement along the wall so the water goes to a sump pit, and then let the sump pump pump the water out of the basement to the backyard away from the house...)The next large issue is my 2 door garage openers can only be operated manually due to previous owner damage, and after 4-5 quotes, due to some other complications with the garage area design, the manual operation seems the most practical now due to cost and other limitations if I attempted to try to get it fixed.So my concern with the sump pump is, I do not think many people have those in my area, and if I were to sell the house in the future, it may be a potential reason some un-educated buyers may decide not to buy the home if they see one in the basement.

By dated, do you mean it needs new paint & carpet, or are the bathrooms pink/baby blue and the kitchen cabinets falling apart?

Maybe it is interior design, maybe it is developing rapport with tenants, maybe it is shopping for replacement items in your rentals for expensive repairs, but you have to get on the same page. 

STRs are red hot in the Tampa Bay area.Little but about me, I have personally owned, designed, renovated 16 homes in Tampa in the last 3 years.

There is a bonus room with an exterior entrance that has a 3/4 bathroom and a small kitchen that may be able to be used for something or added to apartment next door turning it into a third two bedroom apartment.6.