Appraiser was unable to locate any permits online or in the normal course of business that could verify permitted use. ** Will need to verify with City Of Philadelphia that subject property is legally permissible to be used a as 2 unit multi-family home in order to proceed **"It appears that they are requiring the use-permit to be updated to two-family prior to close?

A few useful resources are books, podcasts, online courses, and local seminars.Specify your financial objectives.

There are also personal loans you can get up to $50K if you can show employment and income with  good to excellent credit.

@Dan Lough of course - I'll message you her info.

I've consumed enough podcasts, courses, etc to know that there's many paths in and a lot of it is dedication and due diligence. 

Good Luck and stay the course @Chris Momongan!

Plus taxes and insurance of $20000+ X 10 years= $200000You will need a $1,010,000 loan at 77% loan to value of $1,300,000 to pay them in full.You will need a FICO of 720 and $27000 monthly income assuming you don't have credit cards or car loans... assuming Jumbo loans are qualified similar to how it works today.

I've taken a course and contacted hundreds of places but don't have a unit yet.

To each their own of course. 

Originally I had a business credit card on file and come to find out they were 2 of the properties which had the insurance and taxes in escrow we were still being charged for.