That person calls me directly when at the property, gives a price, I authorize and I usually pay remotely with a credit card.

CRIM is the taxing authority in Puerto Rico.  

Yes, he is authorize to sell it if he has to. 

Someone authorized to grant you a one-off exception. 

You might have to shop around to find somebody who has not been trained to only look at certain things and have the authority to do something that is different and still works.  

I suspect this because my lease for these 2 cities used language directly from the cities housing code in the area of occupancy that was taken from the housing authority back in 2013 when the lease was created for these units. 

Now, the practice of having and NDNC makes sense if the broker is your buyer's agent and/or has legitimate authority to present the property to you, and is for a single property/purpose.  

Well an appraiser would be the banks authority on the value of the property.

It's still subject to the local authority following up on whatever criteria works in their region and may be outdated.This is a "boots on the ground" or "driving for dollars scenario.

Also, make sure to get authorization to get the pay off amount....title company is going to need it.