2 months ago I bought what seemed like a legal 3-family, is registered with the assessor's office as a 3-family, yet now the fire marshal declared 1 unit inhabitable and the city planning and permits office saying the 3rd floor isn't a legal apartment it's "half-storage" whatever that means..Meanwhile the tenant was immediately evacuated to emergency housing (hotel) which the city made clear I will be billed for

Quick facts:39MaleHappily married3 kidsFormer militaryWork in Northern Virginia/NoVARead Rich Dad, Poor Dad in college, loved it, and didn't bother pursuing any of its tenents or suggestions until a few years back :)From a real estate perspective, in January 2008 I landed my first real civilian job after spending the previous seven months homeless, unemployed, and freshly divorced (it was a culmination of bad luck/decisions/timing, and leaving the service to boot).

As of right now I have 9 months left in the military and will be transitioning to being a civilian once again to pursue my goals of becoming a real estate investor and developer. 

We ended up selling the "Aberdeen" house (in 6 days) so we could buy a total gut that was built in 1905 and hadn't been inhabited for 6 years prior to us buying it.

What is it about this property that no one wants to inhabit it?

There were also some who were nightmares that only joined the service because they could not handle civilian life, and they needed the military to take care of their endless needs. 

@Monica Jones, you are very new, and you want to buy an un-inhabitable 4-plex, and you want to rehab all 4 units.I hope you have A LOT of cash set aside, ready to deploy because you CAN do the above, but your trial by fire real estate education will be very expensive.

Would there be a different application format for a company vs civilian.     

Also note that the population is growing due to the influx of military and government civilian personnel and the University of Virginia is also located here.Current Apartment Info:                                     New Home Info:(Rent $1,277) (Square Ft: 1,100)                        Mortgage ( est. 1,483)(Square Ft: 1690)Details: 2/2, single level                                     Details: 4/2.5, Two Car Garage and Backyard 

The ultimate intention is to make it inhabitable.