Tankless units hate inconsistent, on/off demandYour exact use-case, slop sink, occasional washups, random tenant usage, is where electric tankless performs the worst:Rapid cycling burns out the heating elementsSlop sinks often have low flow, and tankless units won’t even turn on under ~0.5–0.7 GPMFlow rate varies a lot with industrial faucets, and tenants twist knobs fastYou end up with “lukewarm water” complaints or units that won’t fire consistently.3.

Many of them only attract unreasonably CHEAP owners who will immediately fire you if they find someone else cheaper or you won't capitulate to their cost-cutting demands.

Meeting fire safety requirements is just as important, and one of the easiest ways a property owner can trigger an insurance exclusion by failing to comply with local requirements.

This would be done in a normal residential kitchen — no commercial appliances.I’m trying to figure out whether I should allow this or not, and I’d like to hear what others have experienced.Here are the key details and concerns:• Type of business: cottage-food style baking (sourdough)• No employees• Potential issue: customers picking up from the property• Main concerns:– Liability if someone gets sick or injured on property– Violation of “residential use only” lease language– Parking/traffic impacting the other unit– Increased wear/tear, fire risk, or sanitation issues– My insurance not covering business activity• Alaska does allow cottage food operations, but as the property owner, I know I can still be on the hook if something goes wrong.I don’t necessarily want to shut her down completely — it sounds small-scale — but I also don’t want to open myself up to unnecessary risk.For those who’ve allowed or denied similar situations:- Would you allow a tenant to run a small sourdough/baking business?

More people move here, it's not as hot and we don't have storms or fires that drive up insurance cost.

Once cleanings stopped being a fire drill, everything else felt way easier.

I figured I’d “get to it later.”The day after closing, the former owner broke in and set a small fire out of anger.

Forest fires in the Appalachians of any size are quite rare due to the significant annual rainful; a fraction of the forest fire activity in the southern and western Rockies.  

For long term rentals I do not generally use month to month except in certain circumstances (example, once I had a property come available and was contacted by an agent for an insurance company who needed to place a family for 8 - 10 months while their fire damaged home was being repaired and were offering well above market value rent). 

I moved here from Portland in 2020 to start investing and now own 10+ rentals, and the macroeconomics are on fire — huge population growth, tons of job growth, and major companies moving and expanding here like Intel, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Honda, LG, and more.