What's the standard around it....all single family....then the answer is likely they would not approve a variance in my opinion.If lots of 2 and 3s then they might.If you don't have the right zoning approval at some point you could get stuck...and not in a good way.One thing I have seen too is if you go and ask...hey I'm thinking of this...and they tell you no it won't happen/can't happen and you do it anyway....they often win that fight....I would be generic in your discussions if you can.  

A win win!

I was going through the calculation and I quickly discovered it was infinite. 

It's a win, win they save me a lot of time negotiating the deals, so I can focus my time on actually closing deals and flipping properties.

(Nothing takes 15 minutes) Various back end phone calls with the listing agent to get the back story, calls to zoning, building department and a contractor or 2 to get briefed on issues discovered at the showing.

It took a lot of turning the water off to fix one leak, then turning the water back on to discover the next one was spraying.  

Win-win in my book. 

We did not win.....I just stumbled across the sales history and what do you know?

That way we can all win.

Especially if it is your friend, you want it to be a win-win situation.If you aren't licensed it is going to be hard to make money, basically you just know a guy that is trying to sell his house...