If you only have to resand the flooring and it's cheaper, maybe go with that instead,JC township will definitely require permits for plumbing, electrical, gas lines.

Holding costs if renovation will be required (interest, builder's risk insurance, permits, porta-potties, lender draw request and/or inspection fees, etc.)

There is a very strong effort to ban them completely from R1 zoned areas which has made it very difficult to apply for a permit unless you buy a house which currently has a permit in place.

The good places to start investing at the moment are places within a 10 min drive from main urban centers, and which have different types of residents (not just tourism, not just workers, etc).Feel free to reach out in case we may be of assistance.

Just the other day I saw someone had used black sheet rock screws in the hangers on a brand new deck (non-permitted obviously, and not a single lag or any flashing on the ledger board, and they painted it immediately before the pressure treated lumber had even dried out so that’s going to peal in the first year, at about the same time that those sheetrock screws start to rust lol). 

Quote from @Jared Leggett: Quote from @Corey Conklin: I know that moving away from home isn't what anyone really wants to do but in your situation it would absolutely change your life, financially (and for the better) if you left.Again, I don't know your situation but I can tell you that a sanitation worker in a small town in Kansas (town of about 12,000 people) makes more money than you do living in NYC.

The vibe of Biddeford has gone from burning garbage in a decimated downtown, to boutique hotel and trendy restaurants in very few years.The apartments in town were built for mill workers a long time ago.  

Maybe a corporate group looking to house multiple workers like for construction or power projects. 

Are soft costs like permit and architectural fees drawable and when are they released?

This was probably a year ago, but Before going onto their website I even called and spoke to a worker at that office who directed me to the category where I would find them… the category was filled of all kinds of irrelevant documents, thousands of them.