@Gabriella PellolioWhat is your ultimate goal with your investment properties? 

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Completing AP requires the other party to file a suit in court during which the judge determines that the case has merits, and ultimately transfers the property to the filer.

Your Broker has the ultimate decision on whether or not you can do it. 

As far as office I remain intrigued by it, also at least in our area condos have been brutally hit and I think offer a “deal” without quite the downsides to office, I tend to think office/retail in suburban and even pandemic boom markets (I’ve started investing on the eastern shore of Md and have considered some office deals there) offers the best risk/reward of office because you have a population boom coupled with ultimately still a low supply of office space, where as urban areas have lost population and have a huge glut of supply, I think the ultimate fate of a lot of urban office trends towards zero/land value. 

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I'm curious ultimately how man lawsuits will be filed and the circus that will be.I think the rebuild will take minimum of 3 years and many over 5 years.  

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