@Kade HawkinsA solo 401k is not subject to Department of Labor rules because a solo 401k is for owner-only businesses with no common-law employees.

Their closing department can be difficult to deal with from a customer service perspective, but I didn't have any issues that I would consider "scammy".  

But there is opportunity to finish the basement and add a third bedroom so that is appealing to us in the "sweat equity department".

I think my second sale I bought a second LOL... and one I had never heard of senior tax deferral.. could not figure out why I was the only one bidding.. figured I was either smarter than the rest of the regulars or something was wrong.. bought it any way and there was 95K in senior tax deferral .. the only way to find this is with a phone call to a special tax department.. the market saved us..

Would I contact the electric company and water department to get them separated? 

Is there any other department I should get in touch with. 

You'll need to find out which department does the citations.

I'll contact the zoning department for their set of parameters but was just curious if anyone on BP has already gone through the process. 

CBRE , ARA , Marcus and Milichamp , Colliers , census bureau, department of labor stats, crime stats, check city web page for progressive growth, look for non profits that are bringing in business to the area, steady population growth, chamber of commerce, — Ask, is there progress or stagnation?

This has to be done  as part of the entitlement process.This is a snap shot from San Jose, CAResidential      Emergency residential shelter C C C C Section 20.80.500Live/workS S S  Section 20.80.740Mixed use residential/commercial C C C Note 6The "C"s mean conditional, so you would need to get a conditional use permit for residential.Many planning departments have the ability to do a "dry run" of the approval process to find out what doesn't work in your proposed plan.Consider that this sounds like a multi-unit building so there maybe a construction loan used, which converts to permanent financing when it's sold.