FYI, dear all; here is a market overview of 33139 (somewhat specific -targeting comps I was pulling for a good deal will be soon selling off market):https://www.dropbox.com/preview/Maggie%20KW/SELLERS%20-%20LISTINGS/800%20WEST%20AVE.%20%23335%3B%20MIAMI%20BEACH%2C%20FL.%2033139/800%20WEST%20AVE.%20%23335%3B%20MIAMI%20BEACH%2C%20FL.%2033139%20-%20NUMBERS/MarketSummary_800%20West%20Ave%20%23%20335%20Miami%20Beach%20FL%2033139.pdf?

Basically saying only MOTHER NATURE knows what will happen when it comes to flooding and just because a property is in or out of a floodplain or more likely flood map doesn't mean that the property could never flood.

Were the plans approved by the city of Chicago when permits were pulled?

It will be so much easier to pull off this strategy when they loosen up the rules.

Before you know it, you'll be testing the paint for lead, the water for arsenic, the air for mold spores, pulling up the subfloor to determine the radon seepage, raking the yard looking for poisonous snakes and camped out with a flashlight and a machete in the yard in the dead of night warding off the threat of a zombie apocalypse while they chat up your other tenants into a class action suit to address your "negligence."

@Summer PooleAs an agent, you can start out by setting the parameters you're looking for on the MLS and it will pull new listings for you daily.However, by the time a property hits the MLS, the great deals are usually gone. 1/2 of all properties bought and sold never hit the MLS but are done by investors working directly with buyers and sellers.

That's the nature of the beast.

you're just pulling off window trim, and i assume pulling out the old sashes. 

You could rent out your current home, stay in your current home and use a HELOC to pull out your equity and reposition it, or sell your current home and reinvest the money elsewhere.

The city is telling me they can't (won't) go after him unless he pulled a permit.