House zoned as single family and listed as multi-family in mls

[Sam P.]

If a house is listed as single family, but has multiple units can they be listed for rent and rented out?

[Henry Lazerow]

Many multi units are legal grandfathered in even though the land they sit on is single family zoning. You get a zoning doc prior to close which will show the legal number of units. If the zoning doc shows a single family then it would not be legal to rent out those units. It's common people still rent out unzoned units but it is not legal. I personally wouldn't buy a single family with multiple units as if city found out they could make you deconvert.