I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon with a commercial loan officer and want to be as prepared as possible so as to not shoot myself in the foot.Here's my situation:I am in the middle (in underwriting) of buying a new home.

I have been able to get a lot of propects to either visit property or schedule an appointment.

So far I've completed the following:3 Wholesale deals assigned and closed1 low-end rehab completed and sold to a cash buyerRevamped the Dallas HomeVestors direct mail campaign (I am very excited about this)Experimented with Yellow Letters (over 5,000 sent with very poor results thus far: no appointments)Acquired 20+ Cash Buyers for my wholesale dealsOpened a line of credit for rehabs (70% LTV: 20% down, 1 pt., and 6%)Cleaned up my books and got more organized Over the past couple of weeks I've put 3 houses under contract and I have 2 more that I believe I will get a contract on by Friday.

Only 2 generated appointments.  

Will touch base after the appointment with the lawyer. 

so i usually ask who their underwriter is.. and in our market we are covered by all national underwriters so i have them send it to one of my closers here i use all the different underwriters.. no appointment and no charge LOL

I would suggest calling around and seeing if you can get a sit down appointment for an hour with an attorney to discuss the risks you face by going through with the purchase.

His advice was that I could not represent to anybody that I owned the property (until after closing) and I could not sign a lease or take a deposit until after closing.So I listed it on Jan 19 and started setting up appointments for afternoon on the 26th since we closed that morning. 

That being said, zoning changes and variances are reviewed by boards appointed by the City Council and there is no guarantee the board or dissenting constituents/neighbors will agree with your request.  

I go in for the appointment asap like this.