Hi,I'm taking on a unit alteration project for a small multifamily property in Los Angeles and would like to ask the community for recommendations for a permit expediter.If you have had a good experience with one before and would recommend them, please do share.

Sure, you won on the issue (good for you) but recording never would have harmed you, and recording doesn’t alter the analysis of “subject to.” 

If you follow that rule, then losing sucks, but it doesn't alter your life. 

More importantly, simple legal changes without altering the land do not disqualify you from selling the property and performing a 1031 exchange.

There can be subtle changes, but you shouldn't alter what you consider to be sound underwriting principals because of market conditions.

They generally cannot terminate or alter the lease simply because they purchased the property, unless the lease itself includes a specific clause allowing termination upon sale. 

I altered the course I was on not for an easy route because I did form a company and was doing the business very well for a while.

During the GFC I knew many colleagues  Other brokers and builders and lenders like me that simply never altered their lifestyles as the world was collapsing and lost everything. 

Quote from @Erin Spradlin: Well, I certainly agree that a repeated falsehood can become "fact" to undiscerning readers.That said, considering the latest tax bill just signed restores 100% bonus depreciation and did nothing to alter STR qualification for it, I think its secure for the time being.Yeah, I am not really worried, especially now, but I just want to make sure people understand they aren't skirting the law or doing anything sneaky. 

That means your duplex wouldn’t qualify for the new 100% bonus depreciation, and you’d be subject to the 60% rate in effect for 2024 acquisitions.The only way around that would be if the construction contract was non-binding or significantly altered after January 19, 2025, which could, in theory, reset the acquisition date.