Unless your site/situation has unique or special circumstances that do not generally apply to similar projects, it may be difficult to successfully argue that you should be allowed to have reduced setbacks when others in similar situations can't.

It's called a casualty loss, and those rules got more complicated with the new tax bill, you'll need to speak with a CPA to find out how it'll fit your exact circumstances because generally the casualty loss deduction went away in 2018.

Under (very) rare circumstances do you buy units within HOA with bad numbers.

Would a Quadplex sold for $700,000 under these circumstances hurt the value and potential equity of a triplex that was purchased, fully vacant, for $650,000, 1 year prior?

Difference is it doesn't cost the sellers a dime since it doesn't get marked pending under those circumstances until the bank approves. 

My attorney said he has had 8 cases suddenly pop up with the exact same circumstances just this week.

I wouldn't buy again under those same circumstances as an investment, but it made sense to me to keep due to the very limited money I had in the deal and the low rate from buying as a primary.

It's just a VERY unfortunate circumstance but she practiced RE Law for over 30 plus years.

Under what circumstances does this not make sense?

Here is the text of the article in case you can't see it:By Ben van der Meer – Staff Writer, Sacramento Business JournalFeb 22, 2018, 4:43pm PSTIn a sign that escalating rents in the city of Sacramento may have reached a tipping point, a group has filed with the city clerk’s office to collect signatures for a rent control measure.The ballot measure would allow rents within the city to rise by no more than the percentage increase of Consumer Price Index, with a baseline set at the earlier of Feb. 20 or whenever a tenant first occupies a unit.A notice of intent to circulate petitions to put the measure on the ballot was filed Tuesday.Landlords would be able to evict tenants only under certain circumstances, such as failure to pay rent or violating lease terms.