Sure seems like a great way to cause a contentious relationship with your tenants.

Hi everyone and thank you in advance for any advice you may have.I have a situation where I purchase a house 6 month's ago for a family member,my daughter,to move into.I applied for and received permits to do construction repairs to the property.Since the house was purchased by me for a family member,I as the homeowner was able to pull the needed permits.I am not a licensed contractor.The permits were for scope of work/general repairs and minor electrical repairs.In my state of South Carolina if an owner pulls permits on second homes or investment properties,you are not allowed to sell or rent the property for two years.Well do to unforeseen circumstances,illness in family,my daughter can not move in and I will need to list the house for sell.It will cause me some financial problems if I try to keep it.The majority of the repairs have been done but are not complete.I need to sell the house in unfinished as is condition.My question is has anyone dealt with open permits when selling a property.The permits are with the County of Charleston and they have always had a hard nosed attitude about generating revenue.I know the most obvious answer will be to call the building dept. and find out what to do,but just wanted to get a heads up before I do from anyone who may have had a similar experience.Thank you....

Be aware that sometimes when they fix the foundation it will cause more cracks in the brick as well as interior walls. 

It's when there isn't notification to a lien holder that attorneys like to get involved and cause this to become grey.  

If yo have a clear expectation why rents or property value should go up then of course consider it (Below market rents for example) But don't bother if you are just guessing. you will get into a situation where wishful thinking causes you to buy a less then ideal property.

Cause that's what I'm currently trying to do. 

She throws back the old tax value number...in my head I think oh boy cause the value is about 55k shy of that number.  

Hello:I had an incident were a tenant just moved in and "by accident" caused minor plumbing damage. ($300 worth)Don't I bill them directly?

Cause there's the thing about not being able to in winter isn't there?

We have a paragraph "REPAIR AND TENANT MAINTENANCE OF PREMISES" dedicated to this purpose and list a number of things they are responsible for, and have them initial that paragraph and an addendum in the lease that lists a variety of repair costs if they are the cause of damage.