Discovered my rental has an unpermitted bedroom

[Roy Gottesdiener]

In FL. What's the procedure for me to update the records?

Also, when asking for an appraisal, will it get appraised based on public records or by the actual number of bedrooms even though one is without a permit? 

[Doug Crenshaw]

I would go to the Property Appraiser site where the property is located and look for the FAQs to see about getting them to update the public records to reflect the additional bedroom. You may have to pay for a retroactive permit and as long as it passes an inspection, then there should not be any issues adding the additional heated square footage... The reason most don't worry about doing it is if the inspection does not pass they will put you on a time clock to get it fixed or removed. It will also add to your taxes due to the improvement... Hope that helps!