These wood shake roofs are now unlawful in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia to install, BUT, will a lender lend on a home with an existing wood shake roof that is in servicable condition in a lower risk area, to wit, a residential area in a city (Fresno)?

```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````Chapter 5313: LAND INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS 5313.01 Land installment contract definitions.As used in Chapter 5313. of the Revised Code: (A) "Land installment contract" means an executory agreement which by its terms is not required to be fully performed by one or more of the parties to the agreement within one year of the date of the agreement and under which the vendor agrees to convey title in real property located in this state to the vendee and the vendee agrees to pay the purchase price in installment payments, while the vendor retains title to the property as security for the vendee's obligation.

*Only one of the units was vacant, so we haven't seen the bottom unit yet - one has to be open to imagining the possibilities that exist, sight unseen.  

The most dangerous situation is the landlord that owns 1 property.If you are midway between residential and commercial (5 properties) the insurance companies start considering you a risk and will only cover you with  more expensive commercial policies that require you to go to LLC's while LLC's might not be appropriate for someone getting new mortgages and has existing mortgages.What is the saying-go big or go home?

Last, is there any realignment of the lateral that would still allow you to use the existing tap but not require going under the driveway?

Why not just search for existing topics, like this one?

An existing area "is what it is".  

to help people understand and analyze these types of opportunities, as no other book / course exists that helps investors with that as far as I am aware.

I'm assuming those two cabinets above the shower were pre-existing?

Actually "subject to" the existing mortgage may work here.