I've pasted a few key passages from the article below so you can get the gist. 

Open risers are permitted, provided that the opening between treads does not permit the passage of a 4-inch diameter (102 mm) sphere.

Also, one other interesting note that I saw in the agencies' tip sheet on establishing use is this passage: "If a use not allowed under the current zoning commenced under permit, or a permit for the use has been granted and has not expired, or substantial progress has been made toward construction of a structure to be occupied by the use, then Seattle DCI recognizes the use as “established” in our records, and therefore legally nonconforming."

I came upon this passage in an example: The wholesaler has a house under contract for $90,000 that he estimates needs $20,000 in repairs but will sell for $150,000 once the repairs are made.

I read a passage that basically said "Two people are better off than one, because they can help each other succeed.

It's part of the right of passage of growing from doing 4-plexes to doing 200+ units. 

Hey all.I'm going to take a class to start getting my real estate license at UCLA (class starts later this month), and I'm reading a passage in my textbook that was badly written.  

I was under the impression that even putting a lender onto a mortgage and a note was selling a security.Can we offer regulation passages that validate that one investor one mortgage does not need an SEC Reg D filing?

So even if you are not a believer, if you read it to become wiser you'll find the following passage:"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Begin doing so before life gets more demanding, as it does as your responsibilties increase with the passage of time.The world's best investors, Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, each credit their success to perpetual learning.