Unknown if the current location would allow to pay for permits and inspections to make it legal.IT also might be pre-existing lots or structures that were legal when created or built but would now be prohibited or restricted under current zoning regulations or building codes may be called “legal nonconformities.”Other terms in this arena:Granny flat/ accessory unit= generally an additional unit that was installed back in the past and city planning allows it to stay BUT maybe you cannot get insurance to ever rebuild the same configuration.What you need to find out is: What does planning have on the books as existing.

This is a big topic amongst appraisers these days, and is still kind of an unknown black box.

We have also consider going to auctions in the future, but we would like to get a few more flips under our belt before we take on the unknowns with auction houses.  

I’m in Columbus, and yes the unknown issues are always scary.  

There’s a lot of other unknowns right now with how this stay at home order will affect real estate closings too (for example final walkthroughs).

His motive remains unknown.

I don't like condos unless it is a screaming deal, the problem is the HOA creates a huge unknown variable you don't have control over.

The SFR I owned in SO was on an unknown fault line and when the 1993 quake hit almost all my neighbors had damage.

Do you have a line item for misc/ unknown things in your reno? 

I assume they are ignoring the call from an unknown number as I do that same haha.Massachusetts has several abandoned properties with no way to get in touch with the owners (no forwarding address, no active phone listing).