She used to work for the city in the planning department so is very familiar with the whole approval process and of course maintains relationships with the city. 

Since I started the thread and I was in the navy I just have to add check what your paycheck says : department of navy All joking aside though do you have any ideas you would like to share?

I would recommend checking with your cities zoning department to see if the property would be allowed to be rented out separately.  

Other growth seems to be the food industry with large chain groceries stores/department stores coming to the area.

I like Grasshopper if you have multiple departments - personally I've been using Google Voice to separate personal and business calls.

I receive Landlord requests for departing tenants fewer than 20 times a year.

Find a local bank and talk to the commercial lending department. 

In South Carolina you may absolutely call or go down to the Department of Motor Vehicles with the subject property serial number or VIN.

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Hello All, we have a multi that when we closed our zoning cert says "3" units but the building department says "4" units.