If the current zoning doesn't permit that business use, the office might either be grandfathered in or permitted with a variance and that permission may go away when the business use ceases for a period of time.

They can offer guidance on compliance, permits, and inspections required before you can legally rent out the property.Investing in these initial steps will not only help ensure your property is safe and compliant but also potentially increase its value and appeal in the rental market.

Noble goal but you may run into cashflow issues right now with current rates so I'm not sure I'd be too focused on the next deal just right now.I'd try to pick a solid area of the metro that has a lot of small multifamily.

Cap rate is ~15%, but we want to build a portfolio as we continue learning so we are trying to get our cash back out.Our key issue is that we purchased the home and did the rehab in cash, and we are now struggling to find methods to get our cash back out.

You could do private lending - a loan secured against an asset like real estate - and get the monthly cashflow from it without the overhead of a mortgage, issues with tenants etc.

If you are interested just check with the local permit office and they will give you all the details. 

I bought a Victorian mansion from a friend who hired the local professional flooring/bathroom company to install the bathroom tile and she had 3/6 bathrooms with large tile crack and have other issues that she had to have them come replace the tile twice in one bathroom.

@Ryan Beesley if the properties are rented this shouldn't be that big of an issue.  

Hi Jack, I’ve currently got 25 units and it takes me about 4 hours per month to manage the banking/rent aspect of them, usually less than 2 hours per month to deal with the tenant issues and because I take it seriously and live close enough to all my properties to be able to visit them frequently I spend about 2 hours per week visiting each of them once (unless there’s a problem at one or more of them which isn’t often) for a total of 8 hours a month.

Especially with permitting becoming quite restrictive.