Just a heads up* I tend to lead my community to doing runs-jogs-walks.

He can go ahead and buy that asset for 50 grand a month and rent it for 600 a month.

With such a head wind coming from getting a commercial loan you may want to look at non-qualified mortgage products like debt-service-coverage-ratio loans or possibly a HELOC.

Do this one thing and you are ahead of 80% of people out there. 

Just planning ahead.

I was set to close on my 2 flat last month but the closing has been push indefinitely because of the zoning certificate. 

There are fees associated with all of these filings as well as paperwork that you need to provide before the filings can be completed, so contacting their office ahead of time will save you a ton of headaches.On your lockout date, the sheriff will come to the property, post the eviction notice, allow you to change the locks, and facilitate the physical removal of the tenant if that is needed. 

@Thomas Kelly - I'd say there is only one way to find out ;-)  I would go ahead and lock the property up under contract and blast it out to see what sticks.  

Friendly is good but letting them know you are not a push over is good too :) But start friendly with a letter/call/email/text/door knock.  

I set up appointments however Hurricane ELSA flew by pushing all the jobs a few days.