If they know you, have spoken to you many times, and you have always been friendly with them, just explain your points, that there is no legal reason to deny your plans, and ask them what you can do to help get it approved.

DM me if you'd like more details or a specific breakdown for your situation!

Would also love to connect with experienced Cleveland rental investors.Much ThanksCleveland, Ohio is a great market to focus on for cash flow and specific pockets have gone up 2x and upwards of 4x in the last 5-10 years even!

Or, they flip homes, they are agents, they offer client remodel work, etc, so not specifically flippers but dabble in a lot of real estate related areas.Or, the full timers that started as flippers have since moved into new construction work more than flipping. 

Focus on a specialty/niche whether waterfront, multifamily, vacation props or even just a specific neighborhood to be THE expert.

The reason I ask is if you're starting a "non-real estate" business, I'd recommend NOT using that business to buy any properties but use a real estate specific LLC to acquire your properties.

In my area specifically most investment type property listings are properties that were purchased 1 to 2 years ago.

To do this legally, I know plans need to be drawn and submitted to the Planning Board.

Are you leaning toward a specific strategy like buy-and-holds, flips, or house hacking?

The other is a smaller operation which does a lot of business in the specific neighborhood the house is in.