So while adding a closet is not structural, and might be able to be done without permits depending on your local code, you would need to confirm that windows have at least the minimum opening to allow a fire fighter to enter the house to pull someone from a bed. 

Why not choose a retriever, a lab, one of the breeds known as family pets, one that does not have a reputation as a fighter, biter?

I work as a fire fighter in my main job so I have the time to Invest in Real Estate.

Pick the one with the best online reviews or that you like the best, ask them for a VA loan mortgage referral (which will almost certainly not be some big box national "Ultra Mega Patriot Freedom Fighters United" type outfit reminiscent of the used car lot right outside the base gates where the E-3s can get a Dodge Charger with $250 down and a 25% APR). https://lgy.va.gov/lgyhub/home... 

I saw in another thread that someone dealt with squatters by hiring cage fighters to move in as "additional squatters".

Be smart, Buy smart and join our financial freedom fighter team.

I am not a fire fighter or first responder but my father in law was a first responder (retired) and 2 cousins are active firefighters here locally, on in Santa Clarita, the other in the San Fernando Valley.

And ditto about thanking fire fighters!

tool, hendrix, thelonious monk, antje duvekot, thrice, jimmy eat world, modest mouse, dream theater, rush, daft punk, radiohead, spoon, the arcade fire, ratm, tenacious d, metallica, the police, little river band, the carpenters, incubus, alice in chains, peter gabriel, beck, america, the beach boys, david bowie, billy joel, marley, breaking benjamin, system of a down, soundgarden, chevelle, foo fighters......I try to find solos by different artists too.

I only fly fighter jets when I'm not wheeling and dealing real estate.