He said he's a senior/manager in his department.

I have a cousin that lives in Sacremento and I believe he is now a captain in the fire department.

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