Thanks for the reply.

@Gregory Cummings Tucker Smith is correct. 1-4 units are considered residential and 5 or more are considered commercial.

@Patricia Mangham  If I'm understanding it correctly, you're buying the property and doing a quitclaim deed right after? 

@Juan Alvarez I don't think they have a rehab loan like that of the 203k, someone can correct me if I'm wrong. 

I've also been working on building the mindset that if I do that I have to do it correctly!

Thanks for the reply. 

Account Closed Permitting is the easy part if the designer does a good job designing, labeling, and filling out the correct forms, you will be out in 1 month.

Before I even start looking at properties should see if I pre qualify on a loan correct?

As far as permits go, I know you don't have to be licensed to pull them (when the last GC I had messed up everything, I removed him from the permits and took them over in my name), but definitely makes sense for the contractor to be on the permit since they will be dealing with the inspector, correct?

Correction:  Roofing question...strip the old or roll right over with new?