Rental Inspection

[Joe Gemma]

Hi all!

Settling on a single family investment property in early September and one of the settlement contingencies from the lender is "Evidence that you have registered the property with Baltimore County as a rental unit."

This is problematic because before rental inspection (required to register as rental), I need smoke alarms installed and presumably a few other minor things taken care of. I imagine that I can't work on the house prior to actually owning it. My realtor was also confused by this requirement and stated that she has never heard of a rental inspection being completed prior to a settlement.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation or have familiarity with standard protocol. This is in Baltimore County.

Thanks as always!

Joe