But saying "gee willickers mr consumer you sure are right the rules are dumb but what can you do, this darned technicality" (snaps fingers) is, in some eyes, "good customer service" (especially since the person saying that knows you can't fix it in a week or a day, if you could then they'd have a reason to actually be accurate, as it stands there's zero incentive to be accurate, they're just trying to push you along so they can work on the next loan number, since yours is about to be denied [they are paid in part by the hour, but also in part on production of approved/closed loans]).Here's what's actually jamming you up.

I'm personally an avid reader of PoPville, but I'm sure there are tons of other, more creative ways to keep a finger on a neighborhood's pulse without necessarily being there every day.

Bottom line if your going to do it long distance you need a good finger on the pulse of your market and niche.

They'll have their finger on the pulse of the submarket better than any published report.  

The current owner has stated that it is a bit more management intensive, however that is why I am going to hire a property manager to hopefully keep their finger on it.

Please do not put words in my fingers to fit your agenda.All you have to do is read about 7-10 posts above this one and you can see my proposal.

He can renegotiate a lower interest rate and cross his fingers that the market for beach houses will rise.

After re-reading this post, I think there may be some confusion as to what I was saying, below is a sample of code you would use to perform what I am speaking of:meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow"-or-meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"As you can see this is not your garden variety "no follow" code which I believe has caused some confusion....hope this clears up any confusion...sometimes the mind is too fast for the fingers:)

I felt strange energy in the house and was concerned, but couldn't put my fingers on anything, so finally went to bed.

Heatherp, fingers crossed for you and wishing you the best of luck.You certainly aren't the first to be in a tight spot.