Mark keep in mind any property close to transportation is a valuable piece of property, especially in NewYork.

I do it all online- usually the assessor will have all of the property info, while the Public Trustee has the foreclosure info.

Public service announcement: if you are going to be a Landlord, learn how to be a Landlord now, not when the proverbial feces hits the rotating oscillator.

Public data is typically easy to access online so even FSBO's can be researched if that is a factor in your area.

Yup at Chris mentioned you will not get your answer on BP... or any other public forum.simply waltz into the city or county planning department have them pull up the parcel and see what its zoned.. they usually have hand outs that delineate the process.

Canary In The Coal Mine: Unfunded Liabilities Have Turned Illinois Into A "Banana Republic"The state is buried debt, and hasn’t passed a budget in over 700 days. 100% of their monthly revenue is being consumed by court ordered payments, and the Illinois Department of Transportation has revealed that they may not be able to pay contractors (who are working on over 700 infrastructure projects) after July 1st if the state doesn’t pass a budget.

Since this will be my primary residence (house hacking) for a little while, I will not be posting publicly the exact location.

I do know it's hard to determine if a customer is legit by text especially now that I know there are investors from out of state that could very well be looking to hire us, but be very careful because this scam has shown up on my phone 3 times over the past week and they are all out of town or out of the states for treatment of one type or another and all the houses are publicly listed for sale in my service area.I have been very careful to ask several specific questions because I know there could be legit investors looking to hire us for their out of state investments, but after 3 very similar texts I am sure it is a scam so just be careful!

I believe the primary intent of this requirement is that it allows the public to file a claim or at least a complaint against a professional his license and that will then become public knowledge such that it's easier to engage in due diligence on the part of the client so it's for the clients protection.

Details: Spouse 1 - private sector, frozen pension700k in 401k with an employer 3% safe harbor, 6% matchSpouse 2 - public sector, full pension$175k in 403b w/no employer matchSide Biz (non REI) income of about 80-100k/yr and a 90k SEP IRAThoughts on future contributions??