Adrian Jones You are responsible to put the house back to code unless the city will say that it is grandfathered, yours is a great example: a non-habitable space converted into a habitable space that has no permit means that you are responsible to convert that back or get the permit for it, meaning prove to the city bldg and safety that the space is safe to live in, remember that everything is tied to a code, there is slim to none chance of that having approved but the possibility of approval is there.

This is not the landlords issue, it is the tenants issue and the tenant needs to be calling the police and code enforcement at every opportunity for various reasons.  1.

Other higher fees will cover that “savings” and they’ re title policies exempt a lot of potential liens (code violations, utilities, etc. that are not recorded liens at the time of closing but Do become tour responsibility.

Don't let the insurance company get away with crap workHave them paint both doors if you don't have the EXACT paint code...And make it PERFECTLY clear that you appreciate them taking care of it, but stuff like this needs to be run through you first.....PERIOD.

Can you be more specific as to it location, major cross streets nearby, or zip code?

if this house sits I lose $... we will see.as well as making sure that everything I wanted to do was to code... contractors get away with lots of stuff... depending on who is watching..

I'm saying manually put the charge on their ledger and charge it to a GL code like "Damages" or something. 

I recently read a report and I believe it said that the number 1 zip code to flip in the nation was somewhere in or around Minneapolis with a few more in the top 10 in Philadelphia.

Below is a visual chart depicting this, from an article I wrote for my company's website on the topic ( https://www.withum.com/resources/substantial-impro... )Note the 30-month substantial improvement doesn't have to be where it is shown below, its stipulated in the Internal Revenue Code as being any 30 month period. 5. 90% rule - a QOF must hold 90% of its assets in qualifying opportunity zone property.

If someone does get caught doing that mid-stay I can and will change the lock code and per the contract they have signed will refund them nothing.