Oh, I think one has to disable the unit if the City tags you. 

Per room, depends on size2 Huge living room areas5 bathrooms,  1 full and 4 half2 full size eat in kitchens 1/3 acre mostly fencedBasketball sized,  concrete back yard3 storage shedsSwamp coolers, 2 1 new boiler, 1 refurbished Heat system Fresh paint inside and most rooms newer carpets This property is currently a boarding home for elderly or disabled people on fixed incomes.Current realtor appraisal of $480- $500,000.

Everyone keeps saying read this, read that, can someone just feel it in their heart to show a disabled person how to start off?

Too many new investors make the mistake of overdeveloping a property or spending their money too fast; doing this complete scuttles their plan and disables them from pursuing their long-term goals.  

I'm not talking about a homeowner who is over leveraged or facing foreclosure, I'm talking about folks who have lost their homes and are living in shelters due to the economic downturn or our disabled veterans who have a huge problem getting housing and those in your community who have disabilities who are in need of quality housing.

I would do whatever is necessary to disable a fireplace in a rental.

This thread is concerning for a whole host of reasons, but the first is that you characterized her as “crazy…”Under the Fair Housing Act, a person qualifies as having a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more life activities, having a history of such an impairment, or being perceived as having such an impairment. 

I'm a service-disabled veteran and have a bachelors in corporate finance.

The prior owner received one or more of these discounts: Owner Occupied, Disabled Veteran with less than a 70% disability, 65 and older Senior Freeze. 5.

(People who are disabled, and people in the military, Foreign Service or intelligence community can get a break on this part, though; see IRS Publication 523 for details.)You already claimed the $250,000 or $500,000 exclusion on another home in the two-year period before the sale of this home.- You bought the house through a like-kind exchange (basically swapping one investment property for another, also known as a 1031 exchange) in the past five years.You are subject to expatriate tax.