.-  Is the code board overly aggressive? 

HI Jake, Theses are the zip codes that we always look at. 49504, 49503, 49534, 49544 because we have lived in all those areas and we know  what a great part of town these zip codes represent. 

The listing agent advised me that it's a concrete building not up to code and therefore won't qualify for FHA financing, but it will qualify for conventional financing.  

What is the age of the building and what will need to be done to bring it up to code?  

@Carolyn LorenceWhenever you mix your retirement funds with your personal funds to make an investment, you open the door for the IRS to come in and argue that you violated the self-dealing and prohibited transaction rules (according to the Internal Revenue Code 4975(C)(1(D)(E)&(F).  

I need an person that is familiar with Nashville, TN zoning and codes. 

Hi @Beatriz Pagola, Yes we have some zip code with high crime rate.

Here's the plain bible. http://www.nj.gov/dca/divisions/codes/publications...Seems to say you can do whatever as long as it's in the lease.

After time on here and participating in several conversations, I realized the most 'really successful' people on BP have two things in common, they have a license or their spouse has a license, some are agents, some brokers, some mortgage bankers and some have multiple licenses, and the second thing is that they believe in high moral standards and codes of ethics when it comes to how they do Business.

Many top volume agents simply sell the same type of property over and over again in the same area over and over again, and don't know the area at large, or do the research to fully understand zip code demographics, crime rates, and other important information you'll want to know as an investor.Beyond that, agents with high sales volume are most likely going to shove you off to someone on their team.