Scandal Undiscovered?

Someone a bit more computer savvy than we are might have fun researching this. From the Sun Times article on Jackie Heard's dope dealing tenant:

• The case revolves around a female tenant who started renting a first-floor apartment in the house after Heard and her husband renovated the building in January.

From our comment section:

• I checked the public records on BUILDING PERMITS and [there] is no such of permit issued for
  5319 w.Adams
  from jan-1 05 to sep-40-09
  WHYYYYYYYYYY?

That sure would be an interesting search for a real reporter, not like the ones who swallowed the claptrap coming from canned press releases.

UPDATE: One permit for electrical upgrades discovered. How much rehabbing was done? And we don't know about buying foreclosed properties, but someone in the comment sections found some odd sequencing of dates.