@Kenton C.Here, on an annual lease, the tenant must give 3-months notice if they are not going to renew and the law permits the landlord to show the property during the last month of tenancy with 24-hrs notice.   

Before buying check city website for liens and also county website for liens or open permits .i will call the city to the zoning or planning department to check for open, expired permits .

Maybe there were no permits for the addition?

Since then I've liquidated, but have been looking forward to getting re-engage when life/career would permit.

Setting up Permits for the Postcards (Approx. $2000+) I wanted to mail these post cards myself as mailing these via mailing service would be very expensive.

I'm looking forward to hearing from many of you and I'll be active as time permits in the forums. 

I intend to make an offer subject to my getting rezoning or special use permit. 

If zoning doesn't permit a rooming house, is it legal to put other tenants in the house without an agreement of the existing tenants?

What I need is a short term loan so I can season it and get permit loan I asked for an extension close is on the 8th Jan, the company I was talking to flaked after I signed the docs said wasn't enough in it for them wish they had said something before hand.

The problem with this is, the city conducts ridiculous rental inspections and if it is unoccupied more than 6 months a "safety inspection" is conducted and everything needs to be brought up to current code or if there was any work done without a permit, you are hiring licensed contractors to inspect and redo or rip out and start from scratch and that is why property prices are so low because you can expect an extra several thousand (my last house there $6-7,000) on top of cosmetic repairs.Although it is a lower income neighborhood, at no point did it feel unsafe.