I could simply frame a door opening between the 2 units if I wanted.I suspect in your case you would take your best guess at which local building department has jurisdiction. 

Zoned commerciallyTherefore our focus moving forward has been on acquiring properties that are exempt from future STR legislation and that can often simply be licensed as legal hotels.   

@Christine Krizenesky I see it is your first post welcome to BP.Presuming  the LLC is taxed as a disregarded entity or a partnership, you simply write yourself a  check.

You my dude happen to live in the market you plan to invest in so you've got a leg up on the west coasters.You can simply hook up with a Realtor who works for a Property Management company.

She does have her couple items left outside her room and MIGHT be more inside the locked room, though I do not know for sure because I do not care to enter her room without advance notice to her. 

I’m in PA - They haven’t done anything bad, I simply want to go another way with the property

A landlord may not:(1) charge an applicant a screening fee when the landlord knows or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time or will be available within a reasonable future time;(2) collect or hold an applicant screening fee without giving the applicant a written receipt for the fee, which may be incorporated into the application form, upon request of the applicant; or(3) use, cash, or deposit an applicant screening fee until all prior applicants have either been screened and rejected, or offered the unit and declined to enter into a rental agreement.Subd. 2.Return of applicant screening fee.

@Pavel Jiltsov the DC market simply does not have many small muti-family properties. 

If anyone asks how much you have to invest simply say you are not sure yet.

In that case, you can simply have the account at a bank or brokerage where you will have direct checkbook control.3.