If you have a lawyer draw this up it may cost $1000 of so give or take but then you can just use the same agreement as a blanket for future investments, or you can alter it and modify it to customize it for future investments depending on how it is written.

It is recommened in the tax sale guidelines that you make no major repairs or alterations to the property for at least one year. 

Is there some miraculous cure to aging that, at the same time it turns back the clock biologically for you and alters the figures in the Social Security Administration's computers remotely, is also unable to manage in passing the trifling challenge of fixing what ails you?

Even if there isn't much to alter, I'm sure there's going to be a substantial cost in simply coming out, looking every bit over, as he's putting his name on it, and the cost of using his license.As far as lost value if I were to sell without permits, my initial thoughts were that it would not be substantial.

Also, any structural alterations, such as demolishing or adding walls, must strictly adhere to their guidelines, which I assume you'll need to consider for your conversion project. 

They are more about overseeing developments that alter these water bodies but if there is as drastic erosion as you are claiming they might be the ones to contact if you can't find any local new development requirements for stormwater.

I, again, use only a one page purchase contract for when I purchase and a slightly altered one page purchase contract when I am selling.

A pre-ordinance (built before July 8, 1957) residential building or building of mixed residential occupancy, not complying with the requirements in force and applicable to the building at the time of its conversion, may be altered so as to legalize one dwelling unit, in addition to the number of dwelling units originally authorized, providing that said unit was determined by the office of the zoning administrator or the zoning board of appeals to have existed prior to July 8, 1957, and provided such building complies with the other provisions of this chapter.

I buy most of my leases from their and than alter them as needed.

Other municipalities in that District can simply alter their codes to fit the ruling and they will be fine.