In the meantime, I would try to force the Board into some form of reason by having my lawyer go through those covenants with a fine tooth comb and find any loophole, area that they already violating, or way I could increase the costs for everyone by suing the HOA.I think if you come across as lily-livered, you're going to get nowhere.

Think of the buyer as saying “I will buy your home if X comes to pass by THIS DATE.”The “X” can be anything from loan approval to acceptable home inspection results to the home appraising for the agreed-upon sale price.There is always a date attached to a contingency; a time limit under which the contingency must be removed or the buyer is in violation of the contract’s terms.There are seller contingencies too. The

Account Closed I go over my applicants reports with a fine tooth comb.

If you'd rather 100% HELOC and then refinance, you can do that too. The

A mentor suggested the book several months ago when it came out in February, and I've had both my kids (who both owned their first investment properties before age 20) read it too. The

Too bad too. The

So I should be subtracting realtor fees too....The current deal I am looking at and considering making an offer looks like this:ForeclosureArv: 225-230kAsking: 140k.

If you tried to do a rezoning to higher density in my neighborhood, some folks would fight you tooth and toenail.

I joined this forum about a week ago but I don't think I've introduced myself.I'm "long in tooth" but still have a lot of desire to build a signficant real estate investment portfolio.

Until you know the real value, you're flying blind.You need to verify the rents, too. The