I am curious if anyone has had success in other areas let me know.We are thinking of relocating as it looks like there is no end in sight for this.If you had 250k to spare or sitting in a non interest bearing account, you could look into the hard rock hotel condos.

Plaintiff's attorneys normally cast a wide net to start to take inventory of what insurance may be available and the property owner is the easiest to identify since deeds are public.

.: Quote from @Theo Hicks: In ideal conditions:Pref equity receives higher ongoing distributions but no profits at saleCommon equity receives lower distribution and profit at sale (assuming their is cash flow left over after pref equity is paid and assuming their is profit at sale.In non-ideal conditionsPref equity may receive ongoing distributions less than pref, or no ongoing distributions at all, but the pref accrues.

You need to make sure that your property is easily financeable if you decide to sell it in the future and any future buyer can call out non-permitted items and actually report you to the building department or, at a minimum, ask for seller concessions.

"As public records, the contract forms adopted by the Texas Real Estate Commission are available to any person."

Cash flow is mostly non-existent now, unless you find a great deal. 

You won't be forced to de-convert unless you have violations...eventually the city will start fining you.Very critical terms are non-conforming (no violations - grandfathered in) vs. illegal (violations)...

What’s the best way to determine if a lender specializes in conventional, commercial, hard money, non-QM, or DSCR loans?

My list was rankings by dollar amount and number closed Nationwide for past four quarters for NON QM lenders that do DSCR.

Commercial zoning would be okay as long as the property is considered LEGAL but non conforming.