Call a member of local HOA boards (pres or sec, for instance) (or developers) to see which ones companies have worked with and which have been more satisfactory than others.

For instance, growing now might mean having 10 triplexes.

Well… it depends on what state you are in, and what type of foreclosure it is... i.e. judicial or non- judicial foreclosure.In some instances after the lender forecloses, they can still come back after them for a deficiency judgment and try to collect the amounts that they lost.

For instance if you have tried dieting was there a certain time of day or certain emotion that you felt just before you blew your diet completely.

For instance, is it a bad idea to buy sub-to when there is a high loan balance and little equity?

For instance, in the Japanese Bubble in the early 1980's, prices droped sharply for a year or two until the government steped in to stabalize them.

As the house was unoccupied it is not the seller's responsibility (AFAIK) to list any known defects.Too late for you mom in this instance but good advice for other readers; the first time I was in this situation a friend of mine (agent) suggested I ask the bank to pay for a (American Home Shield IIRC) home warranty.

For instance, if I buy the 9 unit for $215k using commercial loan for 75% of price and short-term private loan for other 25%, and I want to refi my downstroke to a permanent loan after I get the rents up to par in 12-18mos, assuming bank will only do 75% LTV on a refi I'm going to need the place to appraise for $300k in order to get my cash out or rate and term my downstroke and other costs.

TA, you know, i don't know what made it happen..i could call it luck but then again maybe this was that instance of a truly motivated seller and able buyer that RE gurus make the cornerstone of their bootcamps.

Either You need to get it in writing per a contract with the collection agency that they will remove any and all instances of their company from your credit report after you pay them orThe option that best works for you…negotiate with the original creditor with the same contract.