Places like Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Palatine, Prospect Heights.

I went down and begged, and they made an exception.Aside from that one year, the inspection program hasn't been a big deal.In 2009 a legal challenge was mounted to the inspection program. 

I put a lot of pressure on myself; it’s a blessing and a curse.

They are under a lot of pressure to enforce the rules.

A lot of those old ones are not up to code with pressure balancing.

But for now, the market is actually active and fairly hot for what we are used to and getting a lot of attention.I haven't seen it yet, but with the rising prices, I can't imagine the BAH won't be going up soon (it's gone down in recent years), plus will put pressure on rents to rise as well, making SFH and MFH rentals more attractive.

(Having been a lender, I know that the bank's decisions are made on things like VA, FHA or conventional, if it was a purchase loan or a refi, homestead, quotas for the negotiators, pressure from the FED, incentives for the negotiators, loan modifications, bankruptcies, lawsuits, robo-signing, MERS, bank's availability of funds, vacant management positions and on and on.

Interestingly enough people will most likely shiftmoney away from real-estate and into TIPS or something that is protected against inflation.In my view you are faced with the decision:purchase a house with falling prices and rents (due to the recession that would follow), or put your moneyin something that protects the principal value against inflationary pressures. 

Don't put so much pressure on one relationship.

Okay John, because what happens sometimes is that people don't figure everything out in advance when they are under pressure to perform and they think they can meet a deadline that they can't.