circumstances change. and they change even faster nowadays. nobody can force you to stay. when you purchased you intended to live there. period.

It's true that appraisers don't care about permits, but many buyers and realtors nowadays will call the city and ask about permit status.

Nowadays you'll probably pay 12% for a true hard money loan with a company like Capital Fund. 

There is also a huge casino being built with all kinds of shops and stores.

Renovation budget will be ~$1.8M and ARV on this deal will be ~$4.75M.Many of the deals I'm doing nowadays are oddly almost exactly the same as the first deal I did around 10 years ago.

Nowadays most states license them but license does not mean knowledge.

The lease/option is up soon and we are going to try to get the seller to seller finance, but have not started the conversations yet.My idea was to build 2 lofts on top of the retail space to make into short term rentals because our city is getting a Hard Rock Casino and her shop is on the main drag between the historic downtown and where the casino is being built.  

A solid GC it is worth a lot of money nowadays. 

The strip, all of our entertainment and casinos were completely shutdown for 18 months and housing skyrocketed. 

We are right between Miami & Fort Lauderdale, 5 miles from the beach, 2 miles from Hard Rock Stadium where the Dolphins play and where the new F1 racing is, near casinos, and 15 mins. from the airport and cruise terminals.