Hey @Jon Pflueger - your best bet will be to retain an architect, they typically have a good understanding of what's feasible and not in a specific zoning/area + will know how to handle variance permissions and etc. 

Hello BP community, my name is Ken. 

Quote from @Jared Appel: Hello BP,My name is Jared Appel, recently relocated to Chicago by way of Miami, and diving head first into the BP community to start my real estate career.

His profile doesn't look particularly concerning, and his grammar is good, but he doesn't have a last name listed, and this doesn't seem like the way I should be paying.What do we think?

The agreement should list the owner by name, then list the property manager as the owner's agent.

My name is Bill (full info below) and I live just over the Cape Fear River from Wilmington in Brunswick County.

His name was Rod and he could not have been nicer. 

Currently, the cabin is only used by our family about three weeks a year, and the rest of the time, it just sits unused.For context, the property is in my parents’ name, and they’ve owned it for over 15 years, since I was a kid.

My name is DJ Shipley from Indiana, newly passionate about real estate investing for 4 months. 

Quote from @Homero Matzenbacher: Hello Everyone, My name is Homero I am a student at IU Kelley School of Business studying finance.