BTW, the By-Laws, the Minutes of Meetings and the Books of the corporation are open to all owners with reasonable notice, by law, any reluctance to give or allow you and the owner to examine the records should be a red flag that something is cooking!

It's nice to have a clean slate to work from and it will give you a chance to examine the joists and address any issues with the framing. 

I've built up the nerve and I'm committing to buying car magnets and a 6-round direct mail campaign of building letters on a 1 month to 6 week spacing scheme with a post card at the end.I've got my questionnaires and a few other systems in place. 

I then went with FDIC as an examiner.

I am taking my Broker's Exam in CA in a week.

So I finally got the nerve to start contributing...the feeling of asking a stupid question has been daunting but it seems that the community is pretty accepting. :)Anyhow, I finally purchased my first SFR in Phoenix, Arizona in October and recently decided to house hack one of my rooms to help with expenses.

Maybe hold out for a few weeks and then examine each buyer for potential thoughtfully and carefully.Buyers do not want you doing repairs because sellers selling usually do the cheapest thing possible and dump the property to the buyer.

I took the course and completed my final state brokerage exam in about 3 weeks with this system and had no issues.

I would like to keep it at least a few years so its time to explore some other options@al williamson thanks for the suggestions, what would examining my HOA do?  

If you can't work up the nerve to walk in the doors , then call the loan officers.