Permit questions

[Rob Kulp]

I've spent a good (bad) part of this evening reading about the nightmares that can result from not pulling permits, crazy inspectors, pulling permits and opening a can of worms etc...

My question is...how long to do you keep those permits that you've pulled?  If you're doing a flip do you keep them forever in case an owner somewhere down the road has an issue and discovers a problem with something you did and tries to come back on you?  

If you have rentals I'm sure you're keeping all paperwork anyway for as long as you own the property.

I'm near South Bend, IN and I did remodeling for a company for a number of years but I never had to deal with permits so I don't know much about them.  I'm trying to learn about them now so I don't get blasted when I do my next flip.

I'm sure there's a list out there of what specific things require a permit and what does not.

FYI...if you ever want to bum yourself out, spend an evening reading about permits and building codes.