First of all i wanted to say how impressed and thankful i am for finding this group of people here on BP, this is what you call a community!!! A big dream of mine was to always gain financial freedom through REI. But ...

It also make it more difficult to search when searching the forum archives in the future.

There's no need to go in front of the ZBA for a variance. http://www.phila.gov/li/Pages/Zoning.aspxYou may already be grandfathered in, check the Zoning Archive to see if one of the previous owners filed a use registration permit outlining use as a two family:http://www.phila.gov/zoningarchive/

I've been on the BP website for a bit over a month, but have mainly been lurking on the forums, attending webinars and listening to podcasts from the archives.

They are full of good information as well, and PRO members get access to a web archive of all of the previous webinars. 

Missed the webinar too, my webinar text reminder went off 10  minutes ago too, I think we can check the archives afterwards.

Will: definitely read everything you can here in the archives.

Below are some contacts from my archives that may be able to help or at least refer you to someone:[Name] Ducket Design Group, East Point Architect[Mobile] (404) 592-4539[Name] Randall, East Point, Architect[Mobile] (770) 356-7752

I am currently working on buying a piece of industrial real estate that allows me to perform a Phase I Environmental Study, which, to those that don't know, is essentially researching archives and paperwork to help to determine if there MIGHT be a former use of the property that COULD have caused reason for concern of the potential contamination.  

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