Paulette, it is good to call out these bad contractors and unfortunately you are caught in a bad situation on what to do, start by a small threat that you will contact the BBB and report a claim if he does not show some progress, or if you know an attorney, maybe a simple letter from one may get him worried and he may start showing up.

We recently received letters 3 years after the fact from the City of Portland.

Just posted another 5 day letter at the front door.

. - I had to tag Nathan there six times because I kept mistyping a letter (they need to update this) You should have seen how hard it was to tag him back when he was just the gangsta Nathan G. 

(did you notice all I did was copy & paste and change the class letters?)

Really about growing a strong portfolio of solid deals.Now that being said, if you are a high income earner, well qualified, and can't find reasonably good deals: (i) you can connect with a well connected real estate agent for off-market deals; (ii) you might do a very narrow cost-effective cold call or letter writing.

Looking for any creative input on how something like this could be structured.Taking part of the purchase price of real estate as a charitable donation and using said deduction to lower your taxes is tantamount to sending a cover letter to the IRS with your return requesting an audit.  

That means you must give notice of 30 or 60 days when ending the rental, filing an eviction and other things that have to be done to the letter of the law. 

Here is the situation:- I signed a commitment letter that has the incorrect brokerage logo.

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