Other things you can do:Talk to neighbors with similar housing types and ask about foundation issues -- if the houses were built by the same developer sometimes there will be common themes throughout a developmentDetermine the type and age of the foundation.

This "guilty until proven innocent" theme   is based on a misunderstanding of how the burden of proof operates in discrimination cases.You can read about it here if you don't care for my explanationhttp://corporate.findlaw.com/human-resources/race-...otherwise The way the law works is that once the complainant has established a prima facie case that discrimination has occurred - the burden of proof shifts to the Defendant to provide a non-discriminatory explanation for what happened.So all you have to do is come up with a non-discriminatory explanation for what happened. 

You don't actually lose it, it's held in suspense, you can deduct it later if your income drops, but that's another long story.

That agent could face fines, and possibly license suspension for NOT preparing that for you.  

Norman around the university and midtown/inner city northside with the hipsters, OCU, and the med school has to be an easy buck or two.

The home is just 5 blocks from the med school and 4 blocks from the University.

I think the book is a good introduction to Notes and would fit under the popular theme of “Notes for Dummies”.

Due to the recent charges, however, NRIA has further placed the consultant on suspension pending the results of the criminal litigation and he has been removed from any activities involving the company.

Based on what you said, I wouldn't do this for the first deal because unlike all those gurus say it DOES take money and a LOT of time to get it right.I'm sure there are other ways to find deals but as you can see non are "the answer" but there is a common theme there: you have to network with other peers in the industry.

We have a comfortable life here, and when/if we move back to the states, We'd like to maintain it.Hi Tim-Yes, they're building 2 casinos here, a Sands with convention center on the main island just south of the central business district on reclaimed land, and another spearheaded by local Genting Goup on smaller Sentosa Island (sort of a resort/park/ golf development island linked by bridge and monorail) which will include a theme park.Funny thing is, Singapore has resisted having casinos for decades, afraid of turning into another vice-ridden Macao.