I know I can extract such information from county records.

Read my earlier post - the federal law that was enacted is what I have extracted there.

You want to get the ANSWERS to 29 questions, but you don't want to ASK 29 questions - which means you want to get the seller to tell you about the property and extract the answers to your questions from their explanation.

Replacement cost is just not a meaningful metric in any way.

This part of your math just isn't meaningful:69108/160= 431.92 (interest payment per month, as a constant over the life of the loan.)431.92.x 12 = 5183.11 (annual interest)5183.11/62135 = 8.3%In the early years there's more interest each year on the larger balance.

If not, why are you employing the same lack of rigor in your logic and expecting it to be meaningful?

Originally posted by Bryan Hancock:Well the houses would be worth close to that, but not the land.Given Bill's numbers, not sure the square footage of the improvements is even meaningful.

I've been working as a contractor for 20 years, yes activated charcoal works to remove any odor and what works better is adding vanilla extract to the paint prior to painting.

I see this happen with 3rd party short sale negotiators all the time when they tried to "extract a fee" on the HUD, then it didn't work, then they start trying to squeeze the buyer, agents, etc.

It seems like a pretty clear gambit by the seller to extract more money from a buyer who committed and was driving to his property.