Mike Girard
SFH to MFH Conversion in Philadelphia
How restrictive is the zoning in Philadelphia for SFH to MFH conversions? Is this something people recommend?Let's say I buy a townhouse in good shape and the only thing the conversion would require is a kitchen. Any...
Adolphus Fletcher
Any experience getting property rezoned in Philly?
I was wondering what the process is to get a lot rezoned from a single-family to a multifamily (triplex preferred) in the Temple University area of Pennsylvania. Someone suggested going for a student housing rezoning ...
Dennis Thompson
Commercial Zoning and Use
My question relates to zoning codes and re-zoning strategies.I am not sure how to phrase my question so please bare with me as I try to explain.Commercial property is extremely expensive in my market. I am looking for...
Justin S.
Unpermitted Work Completed
There is an REO I have under contract and still within my inspection period. I went down to city hall and discovered the additions on the home are unpermitted and violate setback rules. I cannot obtain variances sin...
Trevor Deeter
Will Variance be Approved-How can I know BEFORE I BUY A PROPERTY?
I've never done new construction, or applied to have a variance changed (am I even saying this right?) I know in my area (Philly), it can be a real pain to get a variance to change a SFH into a multi, for instance.How...
Joe Martella
Woodbridge, NJ Variance
Hello all,
I am trying to get a use variance on a piece of vacant land. I foreclosed on the property via a tax sale in NJ. It is currently zoned as commercial and has been zoned as commercial as part of a commerci...
Yuriy Skripnichenko
How I got variance for duplex in Philadelphia aka re-zoning
This question seems to come up a lot on the BP forum.Here is the step-by-step instruction how I got variance for SFH zoning to be used as a duplex with the budget and time schedule 1)Zoning application. Fee is $25.00 ...
Chris L.
Selling tear down. How do determine it's value?
HI there,I am selling a single family teardown that's on a 70x100 corner lot in a town that is mostly two families. Lots of tear downs going on here. The house is on a corner lot with a sidewalk on one side and no sid...
Juan Lopez
Zoning and Land Use Multifamily (Miami)
Hello all. I am new to bigger pockets and one could say new to real estate investing. I am in the process of acquiring my first multifamily rental property. One of the issues im having is getting familiar with the zon...
Micki M.
Zoning or Non-conforming use in Indianapolis?
I have my eye on two different properties in Indianapolis. Both have non-conforming uses (one has two houses on a lot that is slightly smaller than the required single family size, the other is a SFH divided into 3 u...