Florida was hit hard by the foreclosure crisis and they are still recovering.

The property management agreement I signed "grants the pm the sole right to institute legal and collection actions on behalf and at owners expense, to perform evictions, recover possession of the premises, and to settle and release such actions."

If your contract just states the earnest money being returned is the only remedy and considered liquidated damages in full then you have a weak chance of recovering anything else.No legal advice.

Properly worded leases allow you to recover damages and the cost of collecting for those damages.

Now that the housing market has recovered, don't expect banks to be "motivated sellers".

I recently got involved in helping homeowners collect overages that they are due and one of my claimants wanted to know if he would have to report the overage refund as income? Has anyone heard from a tax attorney...

I said large dogs do damage and landlords in my province can't collect damage deposits or easily recover the costs of damage.

I haven't done FHA since 2008, but I will try to offer what I can if it might help.Most of your questions seem to be FHA vs conventional for pmi considerations.Yes, if you tie up your downpayment money it will take you longer to recover.

This did not happen at the property.The tenant is still recovering and has not yet been released to return to work.

Department of Health and Human Services states: "Medicaid liens protect Medicaid’s interest in the recipient’s former home and its right to recover Medicaid spending before the property can be conveyed to another party.