Hey All,I'm approaching my year of owner-occupancy on my first house hack this May.

I think you are going to call and decide what to skip but most of these people don't have the time to talk much to you. 

If one of you decides you don’t want to go in a couple weeks send his money back to him. 

I’m deciding between the both of them. 

as others have said here CAM costs are traditionally pass throughs that the property owner should be able to show you receipts for the true costs ofGenerally during up front negotiations and LOI's the NNN's mentioned in leases are estimates, but the real NNN's are actually calculated and passed through to the tenants. 

It would a tough claim, after thinking about it a bit I decided it's probably best to just hold off until I leave my w2 job to use up those losses.

As a PM, we have the UDs filed with the owner's name as Plaintiff DBA our company name, because any judgment received should be owned by the owner, not the PM. 

The scope/work you were mentioning about just insulating, finishing, and making it nice would definitely be permitted, as long as the City doesn't decide to come back with a comment saying "Our records indicat this porch is an Open porch, please provide existing photographs"...

Current owner divorced.

However, if you rehab a property, rent it out, and say in a 1.5yr you decide to sell, its an investment.