Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving,Are you a modern home builder in Washington, DC?

And in CA laws in many counties have changed see  LA county that those lots created before 1920 must meet modern lot standards to be recognized again.In Portland were I work its much easier and its one of the ways to really makes some good dough when the seller does not realize they are sitting on multiple lots that just need and over the counter lot confirmation to revive the existing lot and make it buildable.but in your instance, it sounds like At the county / city level they are not recognizing the underlying lots.. there for the contract cannot be prosecuted and closed as written. 

I would find an agent in MN that writes with American Modern

Most modern stuff is built cheaply and won't last.

Some are chasing yield and RE has been opened up to vast swaths of ppl since 2008 to the increased financialization of our society.  

Omaha is a vibrant city and home to a modern economy with the headquarters of multiple Fortune 500 companies.

I’d like to buy a small, older home in a high end town with the idea being to add on an addition with a bathroom, garage, family room - whatever it may need to become a more modern home with more square footage.

Depreciating has reduced much of the income and probably just as big, I have put a lot of money back into my buildings to improve cosmetics and efficiency while modernizing them somewhat.

: less chance of repairs in the first few years, less chance of buying something with hidden repairs, modern= more attractive to tenants.

And that is that real freedom requires wealth, and in a capitalist society the only people who can attain that are entrepreneurs and investors.