If he doesn't want to take that don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!

Its current use is an office and photo studio for my wifes business.My question is can we rent this guesthouse out and claim the rental income legally so we can show some land lording experience on paper to banks to get us started?

That's lots to learn; tax liens, land lording, notes, creative financing.

Hey Brad, did you find any investor friendly escrow companies?

I am not trying to be pushy, but what we are getting is real, so maybe there is something in the form of a case study between land lording the same way for the past 20 years and being innovative and changing with the times.

Quote from @Brad Gibson: I've had units with garbage disposals.  

Totally understand that she may just be "testing" her new land lord, but want to be sure we cover all the bases professionally. 

Just wanted to point that out.All the best,Brad 

It is one way to protect your self as the land lord.18.

Account Closed  land lords and tenants go to eviction court every day.. this is not a new concept .. its part of landlording.. this is just a very draconian law PDX passed.. as the city is run by a bunch of liberal non business speaking people... and of course they are full of themselves.. they think PDX is the cats meow and everyone wants to live here so we can be as over bearing socialistic as we want it does not matter because we are PDX>