Change of use from commercial to residential?

[Ryan K.]

Has anyone every gotten approval to convert a commercial condo into a residential condo? What was the process? Hire a lawyer and begin fighting through local condo board, PUD's HOA, county commissioners?

The property I'm looking at is in a ski resort area.  It's a very nice office with a full bath and a kitchenette.  All it needs is mattresses and a kitchen table and it could rent out very profitably as a short-term vacation rental.  As an office, with higher tax rates and more expensive mortgage terms, it does not make sense but it's lower expenses and much greater potential revenue as a residential rental.