Remember, the bank will want to be certain other options have been exhausted – such as selling your house.

I've ridden 100 mile "Centuries" on my bike in the past, but I don't remember being as exhausted then as I do today chasing our 3 year-old around.

The mold issue was because of an exhaust fan from bath room venting into the attic and casued some mold.

I also see that some people will use a "snow rake" to remove large snow accumulations from pitched roofs.If you have direct vented heating systems, the exhaust and intake might be located close to ground level.

When a bathroom does not have a window, an exhaust fan is required to be installed to let the steam and moisture out.

Two problems a corner lot can have is exhaust fumes and vehicle noise (motor, brakes, radio, kids, etc) when cars stop to wait for traffic before continuing on, especially in the morning traffic hours.

my area may be different than yours (it seems i have to pull a permit for anything these days), but that being said:replacing toilets, showers, sinks, vanities, cabinets, windows, exterior doors, electrical sockets, switches....these are all things i'd have to put on my permit..if you're gutting bathrooms, i would think you need a permit for that..when i gutted a bathroom, it required electrical permit for the wiring and moving of lights, plumbing, and mechanical permit to vent the exhaust fan...anytime i open up drywall, i also have to pull a building permit, like if you're gutting a bathroom...you really explained this whole list to the county/city, and they said ok??

I'm saying this because you need to exhaust all options to stay where you want to be.

This was with Freddie Mac itself, but from all appearances, Freddie Mac is no longer willing to sell properties to us in one of our DBA's because we ended up contacting not just the supervisors and upper management, but also our federal representatives.That is a long story, but suffice it to say, we were not able to purchase that property and ever since, that DBA has not been able to purchase a Freddie backed property.Other times, we have escalated and that has produced results.The moral is always work at the lowest level until all of those resources have been exhausted.

I just closed a short sale, which was pretty exhausting given the new regs for 2010.