I pointed that out, he knocked off a good chunk of money, I bought it with the intent to make it a legal triplex.   

Just started learning about the tax and legal benefits of RE investing.

@Bryan Williamson A disclaimer first: I am no attorney or financial expert/consultant, so please don't take my response as legal advice or indication that you should act in one way or the other.Now to answer your question: this question have been debated a loooooooooottttttt in BP.

I haven’t done this so I do not know the legalities.

Most have not been vetted by anyone and there's no guarantee they'd be legal in your state or for your specific situation (or anyone's really). 

There are a ton of cities that are putting up HUGE restrictions and regulations on them; more every week.

Everything I've read and/or researched points me away from this conversion, but I do not think I can legally make it an additional bedroom due to the size and set up. 

Now the classes teach the legal stuff and put you on a baseline but they don't teach you how to actually sell or farm markets so I would study that stuff. 

This means that the buyer has no equity in the home until he takes legal title.

Don't take legal advice from a forum.