To me, it is not worth the liability of not pulling the permit, especially for a dwelling.

Just let them know you only need access to pull comps.

In order to do this, you need to pull at least 3 comparables (Houses that have sold within a quarter mile of that house in the last 6 months at most).

If so this is something I have also done just to pull in a direct buyer and remove the process of using another agent.Frank

Really I would advise to get your ducks in order so when you are ready you can pull the trigger quickly.

I am sort of pulling folks leg because I know we have a very unique business model but we worked hard at being "anti-competitive" re other investors, so buyers have no one else to come to.Just offering:  think out side the standard box.  

I pulled the documents (yay my county and its online property records) and the forgivable mortgage appears to be in 2nd position.  

Because once you pulled the loan out you are depleting your 401k of the funds that could be invested and producing much better yield, for example: if you take personal loan from your 401k you pay it back at 5% over 5 years.

I've been pulling averages from craigslist and rentometer for the areas I am looking at, and it looks like renovated 3/1's or 3/1.5's provide the best opportunity for higher rents without much additional acquisition costs. 

Hope my fellow BP'ers can help, as I am having some issues. 1) given the property being sold as-is and after pulling OPRA report from the city it seems the property has several opened violations/penalties2) I tried speak to the city building department about how I can resolve these violation: " illegal basement apartment" and "no permits for additional unit built in the back of the house" - fines are in hundreds of thousands and have been outstanding for couple of yearsCan you please advise if anyone know anyone who can assist with getting these questions resolved ?