It does certainly not mean that you can't buy a house before you have turned 2 other AOs away or have completed your 100 list.

And if you have the the extra drive, you can always use Amazon's AOS system to have them turn your book into an audiobook.

Note: you can only buy as a o/o every two years.

The housekeeper fills me in and I haven't had any issues ao far, although I might be a little more concerned about things than she is.I've been doing REI for several years, but this is my first vacation rental.

If you need an AOS other than the standard realtor one you might want to meet with a lawyer to draw one up and go over a few things. prob worth the couple hundred bucks.

Luckily I'll be able to get my deposit monies back if the deal doesn't go through (since the AOS says 7.5% down), but not the ~$1300 I spent on the appraisal and inspections.Somewhere down the line, I feel the loan officer and/or the underwriters at the bank made some sort of mistake.

reg=cny&app=descriptorVery Favorable> Accountants: $54,880 (Annual openings:80)> Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics: $29,970 (AO:70)> Bartenders: $14,840 (AO:110)> Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks: $30,460 (AO:110)> Bus Drivers, School: $29,660 - (AO:70)> Carpenters: $37,480 - (AO:80)> Cashiers: $15,230 - (AO:500)> Child Care Workers: $17,310 (AO:140)> Serving Workers, Including Fast Food: $14,710 (AO:240)> Construction Managers: $93,730 (AO:30)> Cooks, Fast Food: $14,590 (AO:60)> Cooks, Restaurant: $21,590 (AO:50)> Food Concession, and Coffee Shop: $14,580 (AO:120)> Customer Service Representatives: $29,170 (AO:120)> Dishwashers: $14,560 (AO:60)> Electricians: $53,100 (AO:50)> Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education: $48,400 (AO:130)> Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants: $35,410 (AO:130)> First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers: $22,450 (AO:90)> First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers: $42,560 (AO:90)> Food Preparation Workers: $15,550 (AO:180)> General and Operations Managers: $89,750 (AO:70)> Home Health Aides: $21,750 (AO:100)> Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: $20,930 (AO:250)> Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers: $22,120 (AO:150)> Lawyers: $82,740 (AO:50)> Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses: $32,050 (AO:60)> Maintenance and Repair Workers, General: $31,990 (AO:100)> Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants: $22,090 (AO:80)> Office Clerks, General: $22,950 (AO:170)> Receptionists and Information Clerks: $22,780 (AO:130)> Registered Nurses: $49,510 (AO:250)> Retail Salespersons: $18,010 (AO:510)> Sales Representatives: $50,830 (AO:170)> Secondary School Teachers: $51,940 (AO:130)> Secretaries: $26,530 (AO:120)> Security Guards: $20,960 (AO:110)> Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: $19,490 (AO:150)> Teacher Assistants: $19,780 (AO:250)> Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services: $25,630 (AO:70)Least Favorable> Architectural and Civil Drafters: $39,380 (AO:under 10)> Chemical Technicians: $28,450 (AO:10)> Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: $27,630 (AO:10)> Computer Operators: $31,320 (AO:10)> Court, Municipal, and License Clerks: $34,350 (AO:10)> Crossing Guards: $17,050 (AO:10)> Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance: $29,990 (AO:10)> Electronics Engineers, Except Computer: $73,650 (AO:10)> Engineers, All Other: $66,780 (AO:under 10)> Forging Machine Setters: $34,240 (AO:under 10)> Human Resources Managers, All Other: $76,460 (AO:under 10)> Insurance Underwriters: $52,720 (AO:10)> Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates: $114,850 (AO:under 10)> Maintenance Workers, Machinery: $40,540 (AO:10)> Occupational Health and Safety Specialists: $55,440 (AO:under 10)> Telemarketers: $17,800 (AO:10)> Travel Agents: $32,430 (AO:under 10)Crime (Division of Criminal Justice Services)http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/crimnet/ojsa/indexcrimes/county_totals.htm===================================================================================Onondago county 2000 vs 2005Index Crime: down 15%Violent Crime: down 2%Murder: down 10%Rape: up 35%Robbery: up 20%Agg Assualt: down 13%Property Crime: down 17%Burglary: down 7%Larceny: down 23%MV theft: up 9%Tax Rates====================================http://www.ongov.net/Realproptax/taxrates.htmlCounty Purposes: $13.705600City Purposes: $7.189600School Purposes: $16.928500County Water Purposes: $0.077600Total City Rate: $37.901300Destiny USA=========================================http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DestiNY_USAPlans, which currently include over 4.5 million square feet (400,000 m²), consist of 13,000 hotel rooms, an indoor aquarium, an indoor recreation of the Erie Canal, a stadium and performing arts center, three golf courses, a 100 acre (400,000 m²) glass-enclosed indoor park, and a 20 acre (80,000 m²) artificial lake.

Hopefully your credit has rebounded enough for you to qualify for a O-O loan for an inexpensive duplex? 

In your AOS do you have a clause in there which states that you will be making a profit from the purchase of said property or do you disclose this to the seller when you speak with them?

Matthew Terry From the information you provided, it sounds like this absentee owner (AO) still owns the property.