Go to the city planning department (or whatever its called) and have a chat.

I did English and hung around the Theatre department.

Sorry for the late reply but most investors have a connection with a smaller local community bank in the commercial lending department.

These LOCs, just like little department store cards when you were starting out, will help the business build a good credit record.

`(p) Enhancement of FHA Capacity- Under the direction of the Board, the Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to--`(1) contract for the establishment of underwriting criteria, automated underwriting systems, pricing standards, and other factors relating to eligibility for mortgages insured under this section;`(2) contract for independent quality reviews of underwriting, including appraisal reviews and fraud detection, of mortgages insured under this section or pools of such mortgages; and`(3) increase personnel of the Department as necessary to process or monitor the processing of mortgages insured under this section.

FD - Fire Department?

I only post this because some new investors are not aware of the MD foreclosure law.http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/publications/brochures/foreclosure.htm

some things ive learned over the yrs from sec 8...all sec 8 departments are not run the same...in mass. where i live they vary from city to city, some are better to deal w/ than others and the only way to know is to network w/ other LL's...sec. 8 in my market tends to pay more than a regular renter (maybe approx 20% more) ...also section 8 tenants tend to stay longer...the re inspections are usually no big deal if you keep your properties up as they should

In addition, some lender loss mitigation departments have their own rules, policies, and procedures.

A little bit about me:I currently work full time in the operations accounting department of a large pension fund.