NC general statute states the following:- when this refers to a "trust account," does this indicate an actual trust or a checking/savings account labeled as a trust or escrow account? 

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This is common in larger communities especially in the southeast where there are HOA’s for your neighborhood but they are part of a larger planned community that has a community hoa - those could include a community pool or buildings etc

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They live on the first floor of a small ten-unit building. 

But planning said as soon as I build an ADU on it, all units on the property are deemed 30 days minimum, not just the ADU.And so being, I believe turning them into condos would allow me to STR one.

If the building has independent supply runs to each unit, you have the option of sub-metering water and billing each unit for their consumption. 

The alternative would be to buy a lot and build a new 4,500 sq ft home.

BUT if it gets your deal done with less cash out of pocket, might be worth considering a higher rate until you can build some more equity/ pay down some of the balance, and the refi into something more reasonable in terms of rates.