Let them tell you whats needed and work with them through the process, establishing that you respect their authority on the matter and are trying to work with them can go a long way in making your life easier.For reference, a simplified lift of drawings required for a typical house permit in my area are:- a site plan, - floor plans for every level calling out life safety elements, dimensions, etc- building and wall sections describing the construction of all the building components as well as their r values - building elevations - Architectural details - Structural drawings and details- Structural Calculations  Hope that helps, feel free to reach out with any other specific questions you might have.

It's hard work so its often an area where people give up and or take short cuts and that seems like exactly what happened here.The fact that the floor has been "refinished, stained, sealed" numerous times is not an issue because guess what....you can just sand through it all!

While I'm by no means an attorney, of which you should consult for advise, my experience and in talking with numerous real estate attorneys if you have a property in an LLC and you get sued, the party bringing the suit can look beyond the LLC and bring suit against you personally or the controlling members.

Its by far the best thing you can do in real estate tax wise is that 500k tax free we have done it numerous times on our CA and Or homes.. over the last 40 years not always 500k but some were and some were darn close..  

I would love it if you could elaborate on the tolerance element in the example you gave a $50k property in Cleveland.

Turns out they knocked off the bottom sprayer, and it landed on the drying element and melted a spot in it.

Knowing my numbers helped me pass on numerous properties throughout the process of finding this one.

There are numerous exceptions that limit the scope of the application of major provisions to certain landlord types.

By that time, we want to be ready to purchase our first investment property.Our goals:Replace my income as quickly as possible (i.e. cash flow element is our priority for now :) ).

When I mentioned looking for someone familiar with the 'math' of investment properties, those are exactly the types of elements of a good deal that I was referring to.If you, or someone you know, specializes in investment RE in my area, feel free to reach out.Take care!