Even if they're willing to settle for $2k, and that's worth it for your situation, I would rather offer them $4k in pre-paid HOA dues to cover the next X years in exchange for wiping out the back-dues - rather than paying $2k in expenses for someone else's debt..

Originally posted by "dafly":When you see a "For Rent" sign and wonder how much they are charging.Bonus points if you pull out your cell phone and call the number immediately to find out.I have actually bought the 20 dollar prepaid cellphones with local area codes and asked for rent figures in differnet "dialiects" so I could call appear as a local and not be tracked...lol.

Closing costs and prepaid expenses must be paid by the borrower in cash or paid through premium pricing or by the seller, subject to a 6 percent limitation on seller concessions. -- FHA mortgage insurance is not free.

I looked at a lot of services, and finally went with a prepaid Verizon Wireless account.

PrePaid Legal - While many may look at this mlm style company in a negative fashion, they have a business product for only $75 a month that is perfect for a new business owner.

$3,261 + prepaids seems high to me.

So I stop into the Dollar General store in my town and buy four $25 prepaid Visa cards.A nice older woman walked to one of checkouts at the same time as me and insisted that I go ahead of her in line because she had several things to buy and she saw that I only had the Visa cards.

After evaluating all the options, I just bought a prepaid cell phone.Out of prepaid plans, Virgin mobile offers the best.

I know to subtract the land value from purchase price, but do I include: closing costs, seller paid costs, prepaid items.  

We do plan to return prepaid rent to the estate after expenses, however we believe that we must wait for a probate judge to decide to whom the money will be paid.I'm not sure we should have allowed his daughter to remove his posessions without probate instruction, but it seemed like the thing to do at the time.Note to Minna: The death in a way has caused a bit of a clean-up challenge, along with a real concern about sanitizing the apartment for the next tenant.