I've bookmarked this for a while now, but I haven't sorted through it in its entirety.http://www.cityofchicago.org/dam/city/depts/zlup/Administrative_Reviews_and_Approvals/Publications/Zoning_Amendment_Application_5-16-11.pdfFrom a quick glance, the application fee was $1000 just to apply.

The exceptions seem to be if a person buys a radio, television, or cable enterprises (475.011(6)) or the person is an employee of a public utility (475.011(3)).

Then again joining a ski club with a house might be cheaper.We lost a deal in Vermont on buying a ski club house something like the boarding house Bill mentioned, we were involved prior to the house going for sale and it is a management challenge to book those rooms and have people share the common space.

Tell her to go buy a space heater.

Maybe Florida fraud comes to our attention a lot because people are more vigilant and or/public about it there?

It ia possible to find a leak once they thaw.Weeks/months ago was the correct time to worry.Since this a is temporary (heat will be on by next year), use space heaters to thaw or prevent freezing if you can get power from a common area.I insulate pipes in semi-heated areas, and use heating cable covered in insulation wherever I have pipes in unheated areas.

Hoping @JonHoldman has an idea for approximate cost to pull this off.

They have a total of 9 parking spaces, of which this particular tax lien parcel would cover about 3.5 regular and 0.5 disabled parking spots (see photo attached).

save your money the local realtor boards provide the MLS to it's members (brokers/agents) and usually they offer public access to their system, although not as sexy as say a Zillow or Truilia the data is very accurate and updated within minutes not days also when you sign up there is no spam and you have direct access to the listing agent.

You would lease the entire building/property at a set amount, then would sublease individual spaces and make any spread that there was.