@Danny P.I don’t know you jurisdiction, but in your scenario, it depends on if you have significant framing, structural alterations being performed.

I am unsure how to mitigate this or if it is even possible to have it removed or altered.  

This has given you an altered and biased opinion despite the fact that if you truly took the time to run the math and evaluate the properties well, you'd see that this college town isn't really going anywhere just like it has been doing for the last 30 years when my uncle first attended UF.

However, I am having a hard time translating my knowledge to REI.

When my real estate agent and I sat down and calculated a potential property's cash on cash ROI to be 5.1% (448 Alter Rd, Detroit, MI 48215), he recommended me purchasing the property as this was going to be the best deal I was going to get.

In general, I won't work with someone I can't communicate with either directly or through a translator.

This only translates to one thing for you... higher costs to address unforeseen or new issues due to stagnation.I'm a PL in Tampa, FL and I invest all over the state of FL. 

This letter is basically an acknowledgement from the county that the structure does not comply with current code, and that the work being performed on the parts of the home that are "out of bounds" will not alter the size.We had to submit a letter requesting the Letter of Non-Conformity, Proposed Elevations of house, legal description, and photos of all sides of house.  

In short that translated to C class properties.  

Jut be careful about potentially making the LLC look like your alter-ego.