So no harm in contacting the bank, although you will need to identify the servicing agent for the property since it is Freddie Mac owned.You won't get this any cheaper dealing direct with the bank IMO, since the bank already has assigned it to an agent (very likely the bank isn't going to sell it directly to anybody once they engage an agent).As with all REO properties, ALL CASH offers with no financing contingency is the best advantage you can give yourself here.

A "drive" by causes more harm than good.H Mann,Try to request for an interior.

I believe that having substance and accessibility will trump either scenarios.

They lose on substance and are way out of touch with the American people.

If you're painting with a brush and roller I don't see any harm in doing the painting after the unit is installed while the unit is running.

Upon TWO occasions in the last 3 months we have walked in and found him in one of the back bedrooms - when questioned, he could not provide a reasonable explanation for his presence.Contact the property management company to get an official response as to why the building manager was in your unit.If they can't/won't provide an adequate response, file a police report and let the police investigate and try to determine why he may have been in your unit.This is clearly a security issue, and if you don't take any action, you are potentially putting other people's belongings (and potentially their well-being) in potential harm's way.

But if it is a hard case to prove and a complicated deal that has not caused harm or brought attention to an issue, they have also looked the other way.

They have wireless options that don't harm the property, but are more expensive.

At this point, you are most likely stuck having to pay/ make arrangements to pay whatever loss Citi took, however there is never any harm in looking into it.

no harm no foul, I learned alot from reading your posts.