Based on your experience with the building department, I'd guess you're in for some pain.In most areas when you're dealing with a larger multi-unit building like this you will need to follow the stricter commercial building codes.

We had code names for everyone in the office (as I'm sure the tech dept. enjoyed reading our back-and-forth even if they didn't know who we were referring to).  

This would be assuming the rafters are still sound and up to code. 

Unlike most cities, one can not sort or filter by zip codes here.  

I am an instructor that specializes in the Texas tax code relevant to your ag question.

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I don't the specific property laws for California, but I know in Texas that the foreclosure laws specified in the property code govern ALL foreclosures.

I've got (I think) pretty high ethical standards, and would want/need to stay away from any aspects of the business that are a bit 'shady' (using illegals for labor, cutting corners on building codes, questionable methods of evicting tenants, etc...)At a higher level, I'm concerned that the glamorization of real estate investing in general in the last few years, and rehabbing/flipping in particular the last year or two (via TV shows, magazine articles, etc...), combined with an overall sagging real estate market (albeit less so in my area), may mean that now is a poor time to get into this biz.

If I were trying to make a comparable program to use elsewhere I would spend a LOT less time worrying about the code and a lot more figuring out how you're going to get people to use it.