On educated guess, they did not inspect each and every building and built a list, they might pull the data on certain types of buildings, but the list might not be released to the public.This is good news for me as I do foundation work, too bad for owners who need to spend money to do it, I'm sure there will be a program from the city/state that will help aid the expenses again.

You need to call him to release it" WHAT!?

At the time I had a friend who for the purpose of not releasing her identity we will call her Stephanie.

They will withhold the $35k in repairs and release them to you in draws (so make sure you have a line of credit or cash to get work started). 

Protection will be accomplished by Non circumvent agreement before releasing the address , description and showing.Why wouldn't  I tie the property first ? 

@K. marie P. posted this on a different thread and it helps with this discussion:"The lender does not have to "work" with you of you are not the borrower and do not have an authorization to release.

That's being an investor, completely ok under Ohio RE law (per my summarizing and understanding of Jeff Watson's efforts).Re lease option'ing from sellers, if you only speak to the owner of you leasing into your own name, signing a option to buy into your own name for some reasonable option fee paid to the seller, this is not a licensed activity per my understanding.  

So far all we've seen is steady growth in most months.HAR just released the stats for September available at the linkHAR September stats

It wasn't a line of credit or anything like that, he called it bridging equity and as I pay down the loan (he said in about a year) they would release that equity and I would be able to use it again.

(B) No vendor shall hold a mortgage on property sold by a land installment contract in an amount greater than the balance due under the contract, except a mortgage that covers real property in addition to the property that is the subject of the contract where the vendor has made written disclosure to the vendee of the amount of that mortgage and the release price, if any, attributable to the property in question.No vendor shall place a mortgage on the property in an amount greater than the balance due on the contract without the consent of the vendee.