I'm sure they are taking advantage of people.

(Like I think Craigslist is still one of the best websites on the internet, but for some people it's a total turn-off because it still looks like 1995).Capterra.com is a great site for research in this category (and business software in general). 

He asked a few people to send him money in Bitcoin.

Hopefully the permitting people are nice and will offer some guidance.  

So you are saying you got a crew of six people to work for free for a week?

I'm curious what other people think of this list.

(YAY - I love people becoming biz owners).   

Basically you can't have the yard be higher than 6 inches below the window sill (otherwise it would v difficult for people to exit out of this window in case of an emergency). 

Paid mentorships can work but a lot of people here should be able to help with specific questions for free

People who have service dogs (or horses, as these are the only 2 service animals) that are genuine have no issue disclosing that on the front end and can answer the 2 questions easily - is the animal necessary for a disability, and what specific tasks has the dog (or horse, if you're getting one of those) been trained to perform?