If they ask why you're asking just say you're thinking about buying the property and just want to check the # of legal units because you were told there might be a second unit and just want to find out if that's true.In the worst case scenario, you wouldn't "lose the house" but if the city found out you have an illegal basement unit they could fine you and/or force you to "unfinish" the basement, which is heartbreaking 💔 😭I'm not an attorney so I can't give you legal advice, but if it were me, I'd try to in-person and as informally as possible inquire about the # of legal units, and then if you determine that the basement unit is indeed an illegal unit, I would "let sleeping dogs lie" and just have her stay through the duration of her tenancy and let her move out on her own whenever she chooses to.I would be the "best" landlord I could possibly be and bend over backwards to try to keep her happy, because I wouldn't want to ever have to be in court with her.

A poster above mentions that the price just may be too high and I am not disagreeing with that but to try to bring that understanding to her would be heartbreaking for her and all the stress of even having to talk about such things is best to be avoided.

It's heartbreaking to see the human tragedy there and it's one of the reasons that I'd cheerfully support the death penalty upon the 2nd conviction for drug dealers.

It was heartbreaking, but she was just not capable of paying rent and providing for the needs of her children. 

The challenges of Detroit are unique, real, heartbreaking, pocket-busting, exhausting, sad, scary, life-threatening, bureaucratic craziness filled with love hope and despair.  20% CAP rates are not free my friends. 

Better cash flow, easier to rent, less heartbreak if they get trashed. 

I am telling you that the comments that I have seen on this website while just trying to find a little information out about tax deed sales and where that leaves the tenant, were shameful, heartbreaking and disturbing.This little house is my whole world and I am the world to this little house, without me who would take care of it, certainly not my landlord thats forsure!  

It's heart-breaking, really, since I find the technique to be one of the best ways to help those in trouble while being able to still come out of the deal saying you invested.

I get to see a lot of the Graduates, their professions and their current salaries as they apply to my Apts as tenants.I will tell you that I'm not surprised that a lot of these Graduates are either not employed in their field of study or not making as much money as you would expect from someone Graduating from a prestigious school, etc.Some of the stories are heartbreaking.

Because I live in Milwaukee and interact closely with the local REI community, I hear many heartbreaking stories of what people do to each other for the love of money.