Zoning make sure its zoned  then health department for waste disposal.

Additionally there is usially neglect, defferred maintenance and in some cases intentional damage caused by the departing owners/tenants. 

If you're willing to live with roommates it'll likely be much easier to find options. 4-5 beds is usually ideal for offsetting the mortgage. 2) Know your local zoning codes and go down to the planning department if you can.

Viviant has assigned a case number with their foreclosure department, although I wonder how involved they'll get since they were paid and Mosaic is who filed the UCC. 

He then drew up a site plan, the county health department perc'ed it themselves, and now we're just kind of waiting for me to get the financing the finish the job here.

It would probably be worth a phone call to the Garland Planning and Zoning department to ascertain which areas are permitted to have short term rentals. 

For now, we just contact the city/township construction department to ask about pre-sale or pre-rental requirements and follow along. 

@Andrew DeWeerd Full disclosure, I work in NREIG's marketing department.

This is so important and near-and-dear to me, I had to revive it.In my opinion, one of the most American things is to take what works from other cultures and apply it to America.

That happened after making 5 phone calls to their emergency repair department and threatening to sue them for refusing to grant me access to my property…my property manager contact was not picking up her cell phone stating that she does not pick up her phone on a Friday at 4:50 pm.