I spoke with a supervisor at the housing authority and she advised the same actions.

Jude, the accompanying revitalization of the Pinch District, the renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center, the Fourth Bluff revitalization projectand the redevelopment of Mud Island.Rick Shadyac, CEO of ALSAC, and Sarah Hall, ALSAC chief legal officer, attended the council session as a step toward applying for an expansion of the existing tax increment financing (TIF) district east to I-40 and bounded by Jackson Avenue and Poplar Avenue to include parts of the Medical District, and an amendment to add Mud Island and the riverfront to the Tourism Development Zone (TDZ), all to help fund the Bicentennial Gateway Project.For details, check out the city's Bicentennial Gateway Project presentation.City Council's potential next step would be to authorize Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland to submit an amended TDZ application to the state.The application for TIF expansion will be considered by the Shelby County Community Redevelopment Agency board.Memphis celebrates its bicentennial in 2019.

About a year ago the CRA (tax authority in Canada) changed their position on LLPs so if I were starting over as a Canadian investor I would probably just hold the property in my own name and seek liability protection through insurance.  

It's an introductory book to note investing, but leans more towards seconds since that is what the author invests in.

If that's the case, you arent' covered.It's supposed to be to get a building permit to put in an extra kitchen, (i.e. to make more rentable units) the permit would only be authorized if zoning at the time allowed the quad....or the waiver was granted.Does your seller warrant that all modifications were done to code with legal building permits?

The lease addressed this and stipulated no modifications without authorization.  

@Matt Rogers You need to know the pay off, which the owner can get a pay off letter/email from the lender..... or they can execute an Authorization To Release form and  their mtg co. can disclose directly to you.  

Tenant applicant will have to docusign some forms authorizing it.

Should executive authority reside with one party or the other?

That might be something to check with they local authorities though.