Nah needs to be 30+ apartments syndicated from a blind pool of investors with no money of your own before you turn 18 years old on a sub-to commercial deal skirting the lines of legality placed in an LLC INSIDE of a reverse S-Corp with dividend disbursements on a quarterly schedule of 10+%. 

The good thing about househacking a legal multifamily unit is that lender allows you to use the vacated units of 75% market rent as an income to offset the potential current mortgage.

Especially from a legal liability perspective.

I'm also asking for contractor, CPA, insurance, and legal references from the property managers and will speak with / cross-reference them before going forward with one. 

It's a factual and legal question.

Hey @Liz Zack I will start off by saying that I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice.I do not know all of the details here, but it sounds like you are going direct to seller on this deal.

I should have clarified some of the things you pointed out though as that is common practice buying a STR anywhere to verify what permits you need and how to operate legally in the city.

The only real way to create a "warning" is to pursue them legally to get an arrest or to get a money judgment - both of which will show on a background check.Although, all the tenant rights advocates are pushing to STOP landlords from being able to consider criminal history in tenant screening:(

My question is, can I legally rent this space?

(Also, caveat to make sure this is all legal in your state as each is different)One - they are going to move out and leave a ton of stuff behind.