I've been kicking about organizing a meetup here in the beautiful Napa Valley, and have decided that I should just go for it.

If you are attempting to simply work the renovations in over time, you run the risk of the rehab budget conflicting with your operating budget.

In other words, it was legal at one time the zoning changed and it can continue to operate until the non-conformity is lost.  

Following up on Michael's comment, your lease should state that tenants are not allowed to operate any business on the property.

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

There are several ways to achieve this though, and you can  check out this article to learn more.The fourth pillar is somewhat similar - you want to separate your operations from your assets.

Risk level is insignificant when you properly operate your business as others have mentioned.

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

Expect to have saved up a bit of downpayment for Sac.It would be nice to organize a few Bay Area BPers doing Sac investment to do an offline meetup.

But not us operators.. other wise every hard money lender would do this.. and we are not all clueless like some thing we are  LOL