A Sign Permit is required any time a business wants to display signage or hold an event that includes advertising visible from the public right-of-way.Sign Permits are required for: Permanent signsGround and tract identification signsSigns erected on parapet wallsAwning signs (doc) (pdf)Signs in shopping centers or at multi-tenant buildingsInternally illuminated signsSpecial events signsAnyone who erects a sign without a permit will be charged double the normal permit fee, will be required to correct any violations of City Code Chapter 10 Section 2083, and may have to remove the sign.

There are creative ways of purchasing properties (seller finance, master lease, etc) but that's usually for smaller properties and generally hard (and much harder nowadays) to find.

It’s not paint, no one could spill that much and whatever it is was done after they were erected.

Nowadays, the owners are having a hard time finding investments that fit that criteria so they'd rather get 'monthly rent' instead.

Nowadays, 6-7% is more like the norm, which makes things pricey.  

You will see a ton of ghost ads spammed on the boards nowadays cause gurus say thats the right way to get buyers I guess. 

Banks want 25% nowadays, so if I get SCB, why would the bank accept only 15%? 

What would the first step be in deciding what type of building to erect (residential/commercial/mixed-use)?

BBB also does their due diligence and verify years in business and they list that information in company's profile so that is reliable source.Yelp - many people are using this nowadays and unhappy customers would be the first to go there and write a review.

Hi BP:Recently I was told always to check the state issued GIS wetland map (I am in NJ) before buying any properties, so I started doing that just out of curiosity, because I thought all the already approved and therefore existing structures shouldn't have this wetland restriction, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to be erected in the first place.But to my surprise, I randomly checked some wetlands on the map and noticed some of them do have building on them, for example, one of which is an high school campus.