Where are you at , were in Michigan & have a gorgeous home down river area thats just about finished being remodeled & updated & should be ready to rent as soon as we get an occupancy permit , my son owns the business now but he loves hydro growers for tenants as well , they keep the yard clean & tend to keep the interior of the home in order too , plus they stay for years .
We will rent to growers with a good rental credit history vs section 8 tenants any day & i know other landlords who feel the same way .
Maybe people are shadier up north but this wasn't my experience in the past. Talked to a lot of landlords, and when you mentioned the M word there eyes turned into dollar signs and they always had a scheme to get a "cut" of money. This was a few years ago, so things are probably changing now though.
Also I added (personally, no electrician)a couple circuits similar to what the OP plans on doing, but I let my landlord know. I removed the circuits when I moved. Approx 6 months later or so?? He called me freaking out about power issues and the electric company was inspecting the service. Of course this was my fault, he thought. Anyways to make a long story boring, it was a serious issue, but had nothing to do with me whatsoever.
I can only imagine if the home would have burned down.
- Jiji