I've been talking to the folks at Alternatives CU, they got permission to serve Chemung County in the last couple of years.

You’re just now giving yourself permission to use them!

Better to ask for permission than forgiveness in this case. 

A tenant can have modifications met with permission, but have to pay for them and restore the home when they leave.

Don't ask for permission to enter, you post notice that you WILL enter within legal guidelines for your market. 

The lease clearly says no alterations or improvements including changing or adding lock without my written approval, and tenants are responsible for any costs or damages from unauthorized changes.I’m very upset because they didn’t ask for my permission—this is my property—and I also feel uncomfortable with the  request for payment.I’m worried: if I don’t pay, they might withhold the key; if I do, they might demand more changes in the future.

I'm sitting on a house that I made the classic rookie blunder on - the first mortgage lien was NOT cleared when I bid the house at the HOA foreclosure auction. How fun. It's been 2 years and I got a place to live out ...

The difference between a gimmick and a game-changer is quality + guardrails: permission-based outreach, smart routing, real scripts trained on local market data, and seamless CRM notes.Will some ISA tasks be automated?

:You now have permission to invest in anyway way you see fit and to suffer the consequences.If you can't distinguish between actions in investing that are taken when proper procedures are followed, versus actions to avoid disaster when proper procedures aren't followed, you will have an interesting experience.Advice to avoid disaster is almost always different than advice that is considered "the norm". 

My general rule of thumb is that if they can prove it documentation wise, ie provide the title statment, you could even call the title company and further confirm things if she gave permission, but as long as you perform the standard due diligence of confirming all the information to a standard you feel comfortable with, I would personally not have any issues with accepting someone in that situation.