How does one get increases when the other party can simply say "unacceptable due to our rent reasonableness test"For the record we took over the building with the section 8 tenants already in the units.

Here's yours: http://www.westmilford.org/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cf...If the land is zoned residential, then you could inquire if it's currently owned (public records search will tell you).

Since we are adding a bathroom into the basement, a permit is needed because the county records have to be updated to match.

You build relationships one at a time, by building your own track record and being transparent about what you have done and are trying to do. 

(A recorded trustee's deed (or similar alternative) confirming the amount paid by the grantee to trustee may be substituted for a settlement statement if a settlement statement was not provided to the purchaser at time of sale.)The preliminary title search or report must confirm that there are no existing liens on the subject property.The sources of funds for the purchase transaction are documented (such as bank statements, personal loan documents, or a HELOC on another property).If the source of funds used to acquire the property was an unsecured loan or a loan secured by an asset other than the subject property (such as a HELOC secured by another property), the settlement statement for the refinance transaction must reflect that all cash-out proceeds be used to pay off or pay down, as applicable, the loan used to purchase the property.

Unfortunately his brother lives way down in Springville, so if school starts up and we haven't found our house yet I would be traveling quite a ways each day to take my kids to and from their current school.

She replied back saying, "oh he will be traveling a lot this year, and is leaving on 1/7/19.

@Alisha Martin county records research

We're on record for the largest single piece through our local home depot... they still refer to it as "the continent". 36 is nice with standard 24-inch depth single row of cabinets. 

I travel for work and and spilt my time between Pittsburgh, outside Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco.