They are a private company and are not restricted access or kept from doing an inspection from the government unless the house is under some sort of government claim such as eminent domain, crime scene investigation or condemned.

If you haven't yet, be sure to set up your Keyword Alerts!

You should investigate with a HUD consultant or the City Planning/Permits on what they consider the maximum allowable footage in a separate structure that is separately metered.

The fire department is conducting an investigation and will give us a report. 

Google "Charlotte REIA", search "Real estate investing" on meetup.com and add "Charlotte" as a keyword here on BiggerPockets and you should have no trouble finding a group to connect with

I have a special connection to this story since I had turned on Philadelphia as my keyword alert since I live in Phoenixville, but saw that you moved to Sioux Falls which is just south of where my girlfriend is from!

Writing all of these blogs/articles may seem particularly tedious but by doing this you're giving your website plenty of content (keywords).

There are a number of attorneys that post here so if you set up some keywords or search old posts you can see who is doing what you need.

This local TV video pretty much summarizes my experience:http://www.kmov.com/story/32742794/news-4-investig...

You don't want to deal with either because it will catch up with them and if you deal with them you may be subject to the investigation that follows.Keep it clean!