I am pretty sure he found a free template online and modified that.

I've found a few places I believe I could easily modify to be a separate apartment, but none of them have kitchens. 

Building Dept got them to modify to a more sane every 3 years.3) Our cost is $500-$600 due to 20+ paint samples that have to be sent to lab for testing.4) If the building was constructed before 1977, no LBPI needed.

I guaranty you that a judge would rule that you modified the lease by accepting split payments in cash/check/whatever, and the fact that she is proactively seeking help from various organizations will count in her favor, not yours.

Play around with the BP calculator - use a $1 million property - and study how the long term numbers change as you modify cash flow and appreciation.You need CF to stay in business, but wealth is created from appreciation and deleveraging your loans.

This is what I had in my notes: Plan A - buy STR more or less market ready via 1031 QI Plan B - buy and convert to STR - what I did 25+ times and called (in 2002-03) BFLR (Buy, Fix, Lease, Refi) and what people on BP now call BRRRSTRPlan C - revert to Mid-term rental (monthly or longer) if STR doesn't get tractionPlan D - Land Hacking - alternate income streams and value creation: RV pads; hunting/fishing rights; timber production, options, or sales; alternate marketsPlan F - Modified Homestead; value add from "local use dimensional lumber" in building, follow the Section 121 exclusion rules and reside in property 2 out of 5 yearsPlan D and F means this property failed as an investment.