So we need to talk to an HVAC person but overall I think we landed on something with minimal changes to the overall footprint yet brings unique anchors to the property. I'll upload the layout tomorrow, but in general, we're likely adding an addition to physically attach the 2 car garage to the main house. This would give us our final 3 bedrooms. This particular county in Maryland has plenty of red tape about ADUs, so it's likely easier to just connect the two buildings with a weird hallway. Most of the sleeping rooms are isolated to one side of the house while the public spaces are further away. I'm hoping this helps with noise. 7 of the 8 bedrooms will be upstairs with egress. We are adding only 1 bathroom. So 3 bathrooms will be shared and 2 bathrooms will be private, making it an 8/5. Much of the basement will house storage closets for additional rent. We will also have a large co-working room available (free) and a private office (rentable). We're hoping having a remote work location out of the bedroom will be a selling feature. Each bedroom is about 100sqft or larger. The property is massive but finding egress is actually very difficult.

I suspect there will need to be a lot of inflationary measures in the coming years to offset the large deflationary effects of growing unemployment.

@Jarrod Ochsenbein do you regret putting in a dishwasher?

@Jarrod Ochsenbein overall good to have though? I'm a bit concerned on water usage. And curious about maintenance vs tenant retention.

@Jimmy Fuentes no just exterior doors. Still working for WiFi locks with handles. We have a few in storage ready to try but renovations are about to start

@Jimmy Fuentes we tried that brand first because it also had a physical key. The first lock seized up on us and we were never able to remove it. Returned it and tried a different brand.

Depends on how long the unit has been sitting vacant. I always start with 1 months rent. If I'm having trouble filling the unit and I'm getting decent showings, I lower the security deposit first, not the rent or my rental standards. Late fees are the maximum allowed dictated by the county.