They’re typically going to force you to conform to a current zoning regulations.

i...)In my experience you will have to finance it as an investor on the conventional side as well since the lease is for six-months or longer.The only out might be to find a small bank that funds its own loans and have them portfolio the product for the next six months until you actually move into the property at that point it would become a conforming loan and they would sell it to FHA.

It was the opposing attorney who picked up on it and brought it to the attention of the judge with the argument that it was "half baked" "do it yourself" lease and it was clear I was a"seat of the pants' non conforming landlord etc etc etc...... 

There are many non-conforming alt such as asset loans, a stated type income where they go off your gross income.  

Because the other side is: how far do you want to force the next generations to conform to YOUR plan?

Phantom 2-car garage was included in the site plan to make sure it would fit if it was ever needed down the line, but if the city will require it now we will drop down the square footage to 800 to meet the CA-wide "mandatory approval" requirements to bypass any non-conforming issues with the existing property.

Two recommendations that I would say, 1. check into houses that would work as a non-conforming duplex and operate a portion of the house as an Airbnb.

I spent the last month doing renovations and I got my unit looking GREAT (at least what I thought)...City inspector comes in to check if everything conforms to "The Sanitary Code, Article II, Minimum Standard of Fitness for Health under Human Habitation," adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health".There are such small things like:- Piece of tile in front of tub is slightly loose- Furnace has rust- Base of tub needs new caulk- Window screen has a slight tear in it- etc. etc. etc.Can they really force me to fix every single little thing?

It will be FNMA conforming 30-year fixed-rate loan, so I have to deed it to myself and the lender is giving consent to deed it to LLC, so I'll probably set up a new "holding" LLC instead of deeding it back to the operating LLC.Meanwhile, I have been dealing with the knob and tube wiring issue.

You need to understand what the property is legally zoned for and if it's zoned for 4 and being marketed as 5, that means there is a non-conforming unit.