Unfortunately, at times, some officials forget that the landlord too has a mortgage.

As soon as the foreclosure is official and the title goes back into the bank's hands, your lease agreement is null and void.

The official tally was only 3" but some areas received almost a foot of the white stuff.

Neel Kashkari, the official who administers the Troubled Asset Relief Program, wrote to Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and 18 others on Jan. 16 seeking figures on business and consumer loans.

Then the deed never officially changes hands.

In NY, you will probably have to use an official NY State realtors as-is contract, or something similar.

In addition, the property management requires that:1. the deposit be made in money-order or cashier's check (ie, no personal checks accepted)2. the rental agreement be executed near the official move-in date (ie, about 2-3 days prior)Are the two requirements above legitimate?

However elected officials are elected they should be bound by the Constitution in all matters as being above all other laws.

Its probably not a good thing for an elected official to tell someone to break the law.

My loan request was low - $115000 but I plan to use that low appraisal against my extremey high property tax assessment of $258000 which was done 6 months later by local county officials.