I am currently a member of the Army National Guard and work for the Department of Defense in transportation and Logistics and supply.

I ended up working with the commercial loan department of a local bank.

@Carrie Giordano You'll never feel the 4", if you can park on a parking spot at a department store, then that's definitely good enough.

Now the property should cash flow adequately while we occupy it and very nicely after we depart for our next FHA property.

You will almost certainly have to make a submission to the planning department to garner approval for your conversion.  

Prime contractors owe retail B & O taxes; subcontractors owe wholesale B & O taxes.there is also this from the Department of Revenue: http://dor.wa.gov/content/doingbusiness/businessty...Purchases for Resale: Purchases for resale are purchases of items or services which will be resold without intervening "use as a consumer."

Not your department, but you should have a person they can call.

@Patrick Liska Thank you, I'm utilizing it now I was always wondering how accurate it is and will still make some calls to several departments just to be sure.

So far I've found Bigger Pockets to be very helpful both in the learning department and with networking.  

Hi Tony, if I were you I would check with the local building department about the requirements.