Generally, the only time a building is required to get a Certificate Of Occupancy is when a new building is constructed, when an existing building is converted from commercial to residential and maybe after an existing residential building has been deemed to be unsafe by a government agency after the building is destroyed by an earthquake, fire, flood, chemical spill, or sewer waste spill.

In many of these states taxes are high, which will destroy your profits if you have a vacancy.  

The HALA upzone that just occurred is going to destroy single family homes in the city, as is the proposed change limiting new homes to less than 2500sq ft; seattle is pro homeless and anti family now.Per your comment on the area around the Duwamish, it is insane that the city won’t upzone Sodo.

I derive a savage joy from living free in this messed-up world, surrounded by drones destroying their ability to build wealth in the name of keeping up appearances.

Most of that electricity previously came from the heavily polluting, coal-fired Navajo Generating Station which created a lot of problems for the Navajo Nation and was just destroyed a few days ago actually.

Willpower: John Tierney and Roy BaumeisterTaught me the importance of willpower: for achieving my goal, or at least proactive measures preventing me from destroying my goal.3.

So they can move in in November and pay only 1/6 of security and then stop paying and destroy your property without recourse until March.

@Anthony NewboldIf you take the doors and toilet I suspect they will "take" (destroy) your carpets, walls, and appliances.

I had a vision of how it would be if I "made it" in REI.It destroyed any doubts and hesitations and I decided to do it, go for it, never give up.So Yeah, I would do it all over again.

You're going to be destroyed in this business.