Hey Patrick, I actually ended up just meeting with my town's code enforcement officer and confirming everything with him. 3 other people in my town have used this program so far to build separate houses on their lots, so he had some experience with seeing the process through.

This to me seems akin to going to a bar to pick up chicks.

These builders built the cheapest that code will allow.  

I did call code Enforcement and they will be going there today or early tomorrow morning.

Do you have a CPA that is applying the tax code for your benefit?

Fulton County tax records show the property is a coded as a duplex (style field of Improvement Information box).  

I am learning more and more about section 8 and wonder if it would be a good strategy to convert the project to that as I checked the zip code and what you get for 1 and 2 bedroom apartments is much more than what we are getting at the moment. 

For the ground floor (non-permitted) we need to do some bathroom improvements which are not presently to code.

Laundry Machine soap, Dryer sheets, Bar of Soap, Shampoo, toothpaste, etc.

Recently, another tenant reported it to the City, and I received a code enforcement letter requiring a permit for the HVAC.