Quote from @Deborah Wodell: Bought a property with what we thought had a side yard full of junk and then discovered it was actually a small neighboring lot with zoning and public nuisance fines.

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Then a couple years later, discovered that a piece of paper was signed at closing which was never read and in fine print says something about the home being owner occupied throughout the duration of the mortgage... wtf?   

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