Well here's the deal.
I want to bring the washer and dryer upstairs so that I could partition off the downstairs and have the upstairs for tenants and the downstairs for me. I could potentially have a kitchenette and a half bath down there, until then it'll be a door that only I have access to.
The mortgage I'll take out will be more than the house is for, so that I can finish off the basement and then I'll have a shit ton of space down there. I would go from the 32ft² of floor space to over 150ft²
I hope that this run I have going right now will help with my down payment, and subsequent harvests will continue to supplement my income.
I'd love to implement your outdoor cage too, what do you use for the roof? I remember cinder blocks for the walls.