Flat roof repairs - are they more expensive than traditional single family house style roofs?

Your choice.

If you feel like contacting the owner regardless of what the county tells you then it's your choice. 

Some realtors try and use the traditional 6-7% cap rates when pricing, but these units tend to sit on the market for months and end up being bought by seminar grads and rookie investors.Also Mary if you are interested in units from 2-8 here in KWC, I would be happy to send you a couple listings to look over and analyze for investment purposes, give you a feel for the numbers.

It's clearly a buy and hold but are you trying something creative or the more traditional bank loan route, the best way to get a good answer to any question is to be specific about what you mean. 

Max LTV on a Heloc is usually 90% a a traditional bank.

Okay, I guess one of the questions I have is can you combine a heloc and a traditional mortgage, or is there a different type of product for this? 

The trade off of them taking the "risk" to refinance you within 6 months is the rates, terms, etc. will not be as favorable as a traditional lender.

However if you were cash rich and didn't trust the banking system (like some people) and wanted to get traditional financing but also had the "cash" necessary for a purchase.

In R-1AA, R-1A, R-1, R-1N and R-2A zoning districts an Accessory Apartment, Accessory Cottage, or Garage Apartment may beallowed as a second dwelling unit on a single-family building site under the following conditions:i) Accessory Apartment.(1) Inside the Traditional City, one Accessory Apartment shall be allowed as a Permitted Use when the building site is at least 1.5 times theminimum lot size for the applicable zoning district.(2) Outside the Traditional City, one Accessory Apartment may be allowed as a Conditional Use in accordance with the regulations andprocedures provided in Chapter 65, Part 2D, when the building site is at last 1.5 times the minimum lot size for the applicable zoningdistrict.ii) Accessory Cottage.(1) Inside the Traditional City, one Accessory Cottage shall be allowed as a Permitted Use when the building site is at least 2.0 times theminimum lot size for the applicable zoning district.(2) Outside the Traditional City in the R-1AA, R-1A, R-1 and R-1N Districts, one Accessory Cottage may be allowed as a Conditional Use inaccordance with the regulations and procedures provided in Chapter 65, Part 2D provided that the building site is at least 2.0 times theminimum lot size for the applicable zoning district.(3) In the R-2A district inside and outside of the Traditional City, Accessory Cottages shall be a permitted use provided that the minimumbuilding site area for an Accessory Cottage shall be the same as that required for a duplex development.