If not, then you need to decide whether you will contravene the zoning bylaw or allocate the space to a different purpose.After the regulatory question in satisfied, what you do with the basement space becomes a math question ... what will yield the highest return to your business ... do you split the basement and apportion it amongst the existing ground floor units?  

I would make sure when your up there you open up all the windows and don't stay up there long. its best to have someone by the door just in case you pass out, they can pull your body out.

I was emailing with a REI marketing company today when my wife and biz partner (@Elizabeth Wilson) threw out the not practical but crazy idea of "live bandit signs" where we hire beautiful and buff people to body paint with our "we buy houses" logo and have them walk around busy intersections in Memphis.Obviously we aren't going to do this, but it did get me thinking about other ways we could market that takes current ideas and tweak them in unusual ways.   

The other is that the lender is not on the hook for more than the remaining loan balance, but the entire net worth of the owner / ownership entity could be lost due to a lawsuit or regulatory enforcement action. 

So there is a governing body in place for investors to turn already. 

And of the two, it’s the body of law that judges are most familiar with.

Learn to read body language.

Some never get going and have "paralysis by analysis".The goal is nothing will ever be perfect you just have to get started and constantly revise along the way.So many people look for a reason to not do something that they never get going with anything.Fear of failure,fear of success,fear of making a mistake,having doubts are all mental roadblocks.I ran 14 miles the other day without stopping.I am 25 pounds overweight but still had an 8 minute plus average.People always tell me they can never do that and can't believe I can.The point is they never know because they never TRY and find out.Some is physical but most road blocks are mental and people give up with their mind way before their body does.Most are looking for that silver bullet (the next greatest toll that will make you rich beyond your wildest imagination!

Sorry, but it would take one to get folks on the right track.I guess people have no idea of how much input goes into forming regulatory law from the industry, regulators, and even public comment before the politicians simply bless what has been formulated and proposed, all the politicians do is ask questions, gather support and vote, their staff only concludes the administrative side.

Use the body of knowledge here to learn what you can, get in the trenches and do it.