["section below" to follow]LitigationProjects in which the HOA or co-op corporation is named as a party to pending litigation, or for which the project sponsor or developer is named as a party to pending litigation that relates to the safety, structural soundness, habitability, or functional use of the project are ineligible for sale to Fannie Mae.If the lender determines that pending litigation involves minor matters with no impact on the safety, structural soundness, habitability, or functional use of the project, the project is eligible provided the litigation is limited to one of the following categories: non-monetary litigation involving neighbor disputes or rights of quiet enjoyment;litigation for which the claimed amount is known, the insurance carrier has agreed to provide the defense, and the amount is covered by the HOA's or co-op corporation's insurance; orthe HOA or co-op is named as the plaintiff in a foreclosure action, or as a plaintiff in an action for past due HOA assessments.The lender must obtain documentation to support its analysis that the litigation meets Fannie Mae’s criteria for minor litigation as described above.If the lender is aware of pending litigation and is unable to determine whether the litigation may be deemed a minor matter, the lender may contact Fannie Mae's Project Standards team (see E-1-03, List of Contacts) to determine whether Fannie Mae will accept delivery of mortgages secured by units in the project.Fannie Mae is of course not the only loan type, there are folks doing portfolio loans that are ARMs or have higher interest rates.

The heartless side of investing means that you can put a monetary amount on any risk.

They just know statistically a sports car has higher likelihood of more severe accidents, therefore higher monetary risk. 

Compared to Europe and other developed nations that have pursued similar easy monetary policies, commercial real estate in the US is cheap.

Mark Kohler is a strong proponent of using the S-Corp as the primary entity for the real estate business, whereas Anderson Advisors says that a C-Corp would fit me better.My situation:LLC was established last summer, but I haven't done any monetary business in its name yet (just created bank account)LLC has two managers with 50/50 ownership (my fiancée and I)I work full-time, fiancée works part-time and goes to grad school full-timeI'm currently finishing up my first rehab (held in my personal name); it should sell by April for a $30k profitI have another property under contract (in the LLC's name) and will be closing on it next week.  

May that be a monetary ROI or a happiness ROI.

Also, the Seattle market has slowed and the monetary value of the house has started to decline recently.Selling: could net me about $250,000 (how much would selling fees eat into this?).

There is the monetary costs but there is also the time costs. 

I couldn't prove anything, but realized that its in her best monetary interest to drive that up.

An added benefit is the monetary savings of doubling down on classes for those two years--Dual Enrollment tuition is covered by the county under the HS program (again, maybe this is unique to FL, and we did pay for books and supplies).