How landlords are depicted in the public's eye, and how to deal with that.Even in my own profession, where there's no regulation...the legitimate businesses have to constantly fight a reputation of irresponsible, non-professional types.

While I'm sure that you're out there trying to help others out, I also know that there are many people who are looking to take advantage of others.Is there any type of regulation protecting the consumer in this case?

Have enjoyed all of your info.Are there regulations that dictate how long a bank can hold a property or how many it can have at any given time?

Check with your account though for all of your local tax regulations.

In Australia, the lenders take the position that it's not possible to buy a genuine bargain, and the valuation for mortgage purposes is always taken to be "the lesser of market value and purchase price", meaning that this would be impossible, and on a $70K purchase one could only borrow $49K.But lots of things are possible in your market that aren't in ours - you're generally much less regulated - so I thought this was a question worth asking!

There are, of course, rules and regulations which we must follow as moderators.

I edited your posts to comply with our regulations about soliciting business.

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