Be careful following the advice of strangers on the information superhighway.My apologies, you are correct on Familial status meaning pregnancy/children, I was indeed thinking more of marital status.

I vetted you 2+ years ago, after hearing your affiliation with Avery Carl's STR nonsense if I am remembering correctly-- I dropped all interest. 

To do that, to completely re-zone and re-plat the entire area would require, if my history is correct, the largest exercise of eminent domain in US history. 

@Polat Caglayan I already responded to another post of yours.Your question will take a lot to answer correctly, so please DM us to schedule a chat:)Thanks @Jonathan Greene!

Kicker is I don't have to sell, I would simply be happy with not renting anymore and continuing to build equity.2-Correct purchase and renovate a 3-5 unit building.

And, @Steve Vaughan is correct; use a Quitclaim.Next is to check with the Title Company regarding the Title insurance.

@Chris Seveney is correct, security deposit claims only arise if the funds are not returned.

You will need an attorney to properly structure the partnership and you will make sure you do it correctly.

Told me the violation wasn't corrected in the 30 days required timeframe (yes you are correct, the repairs were done in time but they didn't come out to confirm). 

@Russell Brazil is correct about time in the market.