I might have to beef up a joist, and the books and web sites I've looked at really gloss over this.

Given the recent slot-home initiative and sentiment (like yours) against such projects I know of no variances granted in the last 5 years for any slot-home project in the City and County of Denver.

What convinced me to choose this area over other candidates was the local news they stream over the web.

Here are some of those provisions in the CA Civil Code 1695 - But, as always, DON'T TAKE LEGAL ADVICE FROM A FORUM POST ON THE WEB, including from me! 

BP won't let me post a web address, but you can find them easily. 

It’s free or for $5/mo per unit you get expedited transactions and a web portal among some other benefits.

I use the Register of Deeds site on the County web page.

Go to your county web site and they should have a link to the monthly tax auction on the courthouse steps.  

@Shawn Carrie Sounds like you're ahead of the herd my friend, networking is key, attend some local REI group meetings, call around to mortgage "brokers" get to know them let them know your business plan, hit up local community banks, type "hard money lenders (your city)" in a web search and call them for bridge loans etc.

I'm easily found in a web search.Bill