The inspector discovered it while in a crawl space under the eaves.

He says, oh, a couple of days.I drag Bill over and I get to crawl under the house (his back is out). 

if this person truly has no assets or whatever assets are with Stephanie ( assuming the wife) and your hoping to get paid back  then the operator ends up defrauding more people to try to pay back the original ones and it becomes a big Ponzi also in those cases like Madoff there is crawl back.. people that forced a payoff early can be asked to give the money to the trustee to be shared equally MILLIONS were clawed back in the Madoff case. 

For that service to be 20 dollars less a month they use a phone tree that requires outsourcing to other countries to answer and sending them to an information web black hole to spend endless time finding what they are looking for.Then you have someone like me that makes up a very small percentage of the population in income and wealth.

I run a web development team and still code in web and mobile.

It's a duplex that I'll be house hacking.Outside of real estate, I enjoy almost ANYTHING outdoors, when indoors I love movies and board games, I'm dedicated to my volunteer ministry, and I've become fluent in Russian (learning Ukrainian).I also run my own SEO, marketing and web design agency, which I am PASSIONATE about! 

If 1 person gets 2 letters, one sends them to their professional and credible website, that shows how many reviews they have, happy clients, shows how awesome they flip the houses, has 3 blogs is involved with the community and has a tremendous web presence... and the other... nothing...if it were you, which card would you call?

As in how many followers you have on your YouTube channel or how many page hits you get on your web page.  

Everything Ken said plus plaster walls, no insulation, higher electric bills, walls sweating when its humid in florida and the resident leaves front door open, damp smelly houses, Pealing paint, wood rot, old windows, crawl space under the home, bdrm and closet doors that don't close properly, electric locks that the old front door doesn't like as the door is not aligned correctly, Cyrstal knobs that fall off, old thermostats with 2 lines but my new thermostat needs 3 lines, critters in the fireplace....

Ideally would have iphone and web access to account.Would appreciate pointers both positive and negative.Many thanks.