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Hi AllI am on a process to acquire a new build cabin in smoky mountain for STR, but the builder told me there will be no decking around the house = front porch due to the city regulation change. Is this gonna affect t...
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I am thinking about purchasing a small rental property in a small town where there is a small university of about 2000 students. I’d like to find out information from the city about how many people are allowed to liv...
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Here's an interesting one ... there is this house near where I live that was vacant for a long time. City owned. The windows were broken, roof was caving in, etc. Then one day I see it torn completely down to the gr...
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Hello Everyone!
I would like to buy a small home sitting in a large lot, split it up into atleast 3 lots, build a house in the second splitted lot and sell the original small home and vacant lot. All for under 500k. ...
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In the past week I've looked at 10 MLS properties.
5 of those had illegal additions.
I'm not talking about an extra little balcony either. What was originally a single family house has had double the square footage ad...
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How do you know if you'll be legally allowed to convert a detached garage into living space or create any other type of square footage increase: attached garage conversion, basement or attic conversion, ADU, etc. Do w...
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If you are opposed to rent control in Chicago please click on link and have your voice be heard.http://www.votervoice.net/Shares/BFETcAkuAC6ZPA57o_T7FBA
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I am very interested in maximizing the potential of co-living, but I don't want to disobey local ordinances. Are there any places which do not specify how many unrelated tenants can live in the same house? Alternative...
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Hi BP, I see a lot of duplexes and triplexes that are actually RSA-5 districts as apposed to RM districts. And many units housing unrelated persons above the legal limit of number set by the city (5-6 unrelated people...
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Ok I must admit this is not my idea but I have seen this done by a couple other people and it got such a great response I decided to do it myself for Maryland. This should be good and help start up some great networki...