However, the fact that it was an existing structure with utilities and plumbing running to the garage made our lives significantly easier.Existing 2nd Story Crash PadZONING AND PLANNINGWe’re located in a suburb of Boston where ADUs are allowed by-right… except if the structure is detached from the main building 🙄 which requires a “special permit”.

They will make an exception if for example my all in cost was 60k.

He got laid off in April and she said that he will look for a job once he finds out where he's going to end up since I guess he's not sure if he's going to stay in that town if he cannot find housing. as far as I can tell there's nothing wrong with him except for the felony and maybe just a lack of motivation? 

While you could be granted an exception to use a 12-month lease if the property was acquired mid-year, it doesn't sound like you have an annual lease if you rent on a shorter term basis.  

Decently likely she's trying to pull one over on you, and even if she's not, collecting rent by card in general comes with a lot of things that could wrong and hardly any upside except convenience.

For instance, we have delivered over 480 properties and charged our clients a fee on only four or five of them, and only in exceptional circumstances.

This seems exceptionally low, unless you have a strong conviction about the asset's potential for appreciation.

It's usually not the actual municipality creating issues except for that one that I think was near Clearwater/Tampa where they codified in zoning something anti-STR. 

The only exception I do is if you are looking to scale, I am willing to scale with you because at that point I look at you as a partner rather than a client.

We are also in an area with a low entry point for home buyers so someone thinking of spending $2000 or more for rent is also in the market to potentially buy a home as well which makes the "higher" end rentals a bit tougher to fill except for folks that are building their Dream home and not done yet or in OKC for the short term for a job or family situation.