@Brian Christensen The easiest place to start is to go to the city zoning department and ask them every question you can think of.  

What if the handyman/painter scrapes lead paint and gets turned into the Department of Health?

If you're combining different uses, ie commercial retail with residential, you may need to rezone when you combine the lots.  

Different departments, different products.  

A home goes to trustee sale (in Arizona) and no bidders.Home goes back to bank.I will gladly pay cash (my own money) and buy as-is for more than they can net if they list on MLS.Are the banks (in general..this one is PennyMac) so set in their ways they ONLY send it to REO department to go through their system or is there a chance I could talk with a live person who might understand that they will net more, close in days by selling directly to me vs MLS???

Most of the bank owned homes here are listed so close to "retail" - makes investing to make any $$ difficult.  

@Scott GouletFreedom of Information Act should help at your local Police Department

This community is nestled into a nice wooded setting and feels very comfortable and there are lots of restaurants, retail stores, Walmart and a Lowe’s a very short drive away.

Your applicant has the right to dispute any information on their credit, criminal, or eviction report by contacting our dispute department.

ours is not connected to the fire department and I have to have quarterly inspections which cost about $800 annually.