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.

But it will be complicated by different factors such as flood zone, topology, conservation area, easements, access to roads and more.Zoning - check the code and check site zoning.

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

Well, I'll repost here what I originally did in response to the email from Vrbo that some people got saying Vrbo was giving a promotional discount to prospective guests, and hosts could opt out if they wished. 

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. 

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

They're trying to fix a problem that doesn't really exist.Just like practically all laws promoted as protecting the tenants, they end up hurting them.

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