My wife and I are busy enough working and raising our family.I have seen messiah boards about half a dozen times now: "oh the old board were morons but we are SO much wiser".And it becomes just a predictable rehash of the same issues.The only solution is to strip the board of most of their power.Legislative....a function ONLY for the homeownersJudicial.....a function ONLY for the REAL courts.The board can play executive all they want...as long as the homeowners can see everything they are doing.But NOOOOOO scream the board members and attorneys....seperation of powers????

I would label myself an astute idiot in this regard- knowing there's no possible way I (or trump, or buffet, or bloody Stephen hawking for that matter) could predict what's coming in today's economic environment, I completely forsake capital gain predictions and speculations, go for utmost cash flow, spread geographically to hedge risk, and get the best property managers I can get my hands on, to ensure maximum vacancy regardless of market conditions at any time.

They showed a few dozen peaches on the TV screen and the guy screamed like a little girl that saw a spider.

Even when you narrowed out the total wackos like your $300 deposit and no inspection guy, the ones that sound reasonable will then have management contracts that make you scream.  

The 1/3 split and telling you to keep it on the down low screams dirtball.I am only about an hour away from you.

If attacked bite, scream, scratch, yell and whatever else you need to do to keep your attacker off you while alerting someone that you're in trouble.

If you run screaming from the thought of a condo purchase, please share your reasoning so that I many learn from it.

The short term nature of the lease along with the nature of the target tenant screams lodger-proprietor relationship not landlord tenant relationship.

I'm a former admin, so proofreading is kind of in my blood! I

There are some screaming deals but there are hidden liens and heirs.