I recall on my visit to Jamaica the small city below a nice mansion were people lived in cardboard boxes

If the unpermitted area is as safe as if it were permitted I would have little issue renting it out.  

If the lien is in CA, the lien is invalid, you can wrap a bond around the lien, and contact your contractor's bond (this is not the lien bond that you will be posting) issuer that he did not pay someone, and since they covered him for $12k, you most likely will get the money back.

Which card issuer/bank has given you the highest limit?

Not big on the ghetto sheet/cardboard that happens otherwise.Blinds are the most often thing charged to deposits.

My attorney told me a loan is a security but is exempt from security laws if you keep it to one loan with one lender, the interest rate below usury (10%), the lender does less than 8 of these in any one year, and you (the borrower) are the issuer of the security and as such need to file this form with the CA Department of Corporations if the lender is not an accredited investor. 

Issuer must also verify the assets by reviewing statements from brokerage houses or banks, etc or they have to obtain a written confirmation from a securities broker, dealer, registered investment advisor, licensed attorney or CPA, who asserts that the Issuer has taken reasonable steps to verify the Investor's accredited status within the past 3 months and that the Investor is indeed "Accredited".New Rule - Rule 506(d)The SEC also adopted amendments to rules 501 and 506 to be implemented on Sept 23, 2013.

A non-recourse loan is where if the borrower defaults, the issuer can seize the collateral but cannot seek out the borrower for any further compensation, even if the collateral does not cover the full value of the defaulted amount.A recourse loan means that they CAN come after you personally. 

Former "Sex and the City" actress, Cynthia Nixon is running for Governor of New York.One of the planks in her platform is UNIVERSAL RENT CONTROL - the implications of which are obvious - a stranglehold on rental property pricing in exchange for gaining tenant votes.https://cynthiafornewyork.com/issue/rent-justice-f...

I will get a close up picture how they interlock the two slabs later.Again on the picture above in the right front corner, you can see I put in a cardboard circular form to come back later and put in our Bollard to protect the corners of the buildings.The next picture they are pulling a brush across the fresh driveway concrete.