You will probably need to call the city or  county planning and zoning office and meet with their administrator.

If you plan to be more active and scrappy in your investing, there's always a way to make money.

These steps are learning, looking at the market, getting your money ready, picking your plan, getting a team, finding a place, checking it out, making an offer, and handling your investment.

(And yes, I know the phrase “man plans and god laughs” but this is just some rough approximation for a place to start thinking about this.)

My question is why you’re buying it as a primary in the first place if you just are planning to move right back into your current primary?  

She or he is themselves an entrepreneur, perhaps their exit plan is to get the business up and running, and then sell it somewhere in that 5-10 year window. 

Once you have an idea of the cash flow in the future state you can then spend most of your time determining the funding for renovations to get the property to that point.

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies that spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Take this 💥just-closed renovated property for example💥:With my query of "22757 Charlemont Pl, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 5/4/2400-3050,0.6,300" we get an ARV Estimate that is ~4% off, and I picked this at random just scrolling through recently closed in my areaAnd the Market Stats $/sf of renovated property in that Zip Code matches up pretty well, so I know the ARV estimate is realistic:You can also run Agent Stats to find/get in touch with the real top-agents in that area so you can triple-verify everything and/or list it with them when you are done.With the above, I am able to quickly vet every new deal that comes my way and spend more time on the good ones.

Despite these challenges, the successful sale at $294,000 highlighted the value of strategic planning, effective project management, and strong partnerships in maximizing profitability in real estate investments with Partner Driven.