You will pretty quickly be able to tell who is just selling something and who can become a valuable member of your team.

Your inputs were very valuable to me!!

Though I've learned that valuable lesson, I'm curious what creative approach may exist, used by other land use professionals to demonstrate unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty, which will make it possible to approve the extra basement unit.Originally posted by @Greg Dickerson:Originally posted by @Andrew Hinton:I purchased a vacant property and planned to develop a certain number of units that requires a variance.

I was wondering if the pool itself as an amenity will be valuable enough to be worth the maintenance costs (if tenants are willing to pay higher rents). 

It sounds like you're learning a valuable lesson about what your existing lease is missing and what your new lease should include.  

While reading books, watching videos, and analyzing deals are valuable ways to educate yourself, nothing substitutes real world experience or the opportunity to learn from an expert.

In larger rentals, below market rents or a combination of below market rents and unit renovations is another way you force the appreciation of the asset.When people are talking poorly of appreciation is if you buy a turnkey rental, or a flip today, and just assume the market will continue to drive the value up, even though you are not doing anything to truly add value.Finally, on the cash on cash return, this is a very valuable return metric to know. 

If they didn't and they know you know, maybe they will go pull it to stay safe, just like us....not worth loosing your master electrician license over....those are way too valuable and too much work to cut corners.

Legal protection, access to loans and grants etc. are all valuable, but they do not constitute tax benefits. 

There are also a lot of unknowns or issues that can come up in construction where it is extremely valuable to have a professional who can solve problems quickly because in construction - time is money.