If you’re looking for information on zoning, regulations and permits, I would start with one of them.  

I’m curious to see if anyone has any experience in this sort of subject as if it would be easier to buy a home with a building already on it then ask the township for a permit or if we should continue to look to buy and build. 

Hello, I need some advice and TIA.Bought a house and got ah stop working order without doing any work, went to the city previous owners did work with no permits city told them and they did it anyway and sold the house even tho being notified.

See if local regulations permits this first, then search on Vrbo and Airbnb to see if there are any sucessful properties in this area.

I previously worked with a contractor to help with permits and drainage since there’s a possible wetland issue, but unfortunately things fell through between us and I didn’t make progress. 

I allow for tenants to use gas fireplaces, but do not permit tenants to use any wood burning fireplaces.

Opening one of my 2 recent Escondido permits took over a year.  

I know johnsburg you can’t do an str at all fox lake and lake county yiu need permits.

In short, if you're not renting every week of July-August and every weekend of the winter, you're taking losses, particularly given the ridiculous prices I'm seeing new investors pay farther north in vacation areas like North Conway or the White Mountains.And looking solely at North Conway's recent court case is a red herring: plenty of small towns around the NH continue to enact knee-jerk reactions and excessive permitting/regulations as a reaction to STRs assumed role raising housing prices and shrinking supply for local residents.

I did mine when I was in the timber industry.. it was common for me to log a property then sell said property to buyer on contract.. but they had to go through the building permit process and in Oregon that can take a year or two.. so I would sell on contract.. then take my contract to my trusty commercial banker and hypothecate it..