You need someone who is more of a designer or someone who rehabs quite a bit and has a vision.

This is a little scary as we know what kind of effect mass foreclosure can have on the industry. 

I'm here because, like many others, I lost my job in the Insurance industry due to Covid-19 last year, and since then I've been conducting freelance (technical writing, 3D structural design) work to earn an income.

The timely & effective boots on the ground is also an element to consider.

Or is it just a designation the living owner placed when purchasing the house in case he passed away?

There's a thread in the last week,,, "I closed but the seller won't move out.." or to that effect.   

In NJ effective 2020:  "Governor Murphy's executive order waives provisions of statutory law that prohibit the use of security deposits for rental payments, enabling tenants to instruct landlords to use their security deposits to offset rent or back rent." 

The building I bought a rental condo only designated 20% on the total as rental unit.

Wiedenmayer as I mentioned before, I'm not an attorney, but what you described does sound excessive.As a reasonable (non-attorney) person, I would "assume" that, failing to give 3 months notice, you would be responsible for 3 months rent to cover the period you should have given notice for, which could actually be less if the landlord rents it out sooner than 3 months (which, in this rental environment, I honestly think is more likely than not).There's an additional possible wrinkle that if you originally had a lease from - for example - May 2020 through May 2021 and it wasn't properly renewed into a new 1-year lease, that the lease effectively became a month-to-month rental agreement under the same terms - which would mean you actually did give the required legal notice (one full month for a month-to-month tenancy).It's complexities like that which make me think you'd be better served consulting an attorney who can give you advice based on the specific details of your lease/situation.

Parking requirements are often the single biggest driver of what your project looks like in terms of design and unit mix.