Did you make sure to reach out to the permit and zoning office to make sure you'll be able to follow all the rules and the mother in law suite will work for your location?

The problem is most loan officers will not know this up front because they fail to do a "pre-underwrite" and get a "Loan commitment" versus a pre-approval letter.regardless of you using your own money they will "Not" use the higher appraisal value they must go off of the legal sales contract.

Buildings like that can be stabilized with careful screening, access control and surveillance systems and coordination with community policing.

With a background as a Navy Supply Corps Officer, where I developed strong skills in leadership, project management, and financial operations, I am now dedicated to using these skills to make a meaningful impact in the real estate industry.

Also, I am a loan officer if you need to talk financing.

I'll drop a link to schedule a call down below if you would like to discuss the HELOC situation further, as I am a licensed loan officer. https://calendly.com/tycoutts

(We also invited him to visit our office so we could show him the physical collateral files and show him the online portals for our note servicer, bank accounts, note management systems, but he declined.

A quality pair of dress shoes for the office?

When hiring a designer, look at their past projects and speak with a few different offices.

I am familiar with how to view all assessors info, search deeds and recorded documents/etc per jurisdiction, and I do (enjoy) actual in depth recorded document/ research in person at the county offices too of course.