@Gene Hacker - Thanks for the advice.

The downtown apartments market is definitely dominated by young professionals and empty nesters.

Thanks for the prompt and helpful tips guys, @Dominic Turner and @J Scott.

@Dominic TurnerWhat verbage is in your purchase contract that says EM is held at the closing autorney's office??

The FOOD selection in the city dominates the suburbs to no end however.Once in the Suburbs getting around is far easier than in the city to be honest.

I know of several HOA's in CA who have negotiated discounted payoffs of past-due balances & liens after 1+ year of non-payment.I think part of this depends on the size of the HOA, and honestly, whoever is the "dominant" member on the Board, coupled with the influence exerted by the professional property manager (this is all often influenced by the number of units under the HOA.)

As stated by the other individuals.....You have to value the property compared to what people are buying, not what they "Could be buying" which it seems atleast part like what you're doing.If 6/8 sold homes in a area are foreclosures, then that area is REO dominant, which means declining sales prices, and if you open up your search range, you fall into the trap of looking at other areas with higher/different values.If the properties wer $57/sf then that's what they are worth.

His aggressive use of the federal government created a New Deal Coalition which dominated the Democratic Party until the late 1960s.

Hi, All,Just a quick post, in hopes that even one person might be warned away from what I experienced.I just went thru a lot of lost cash and pain dealing with a fraudulent Credit Repair Agency (per FTC).The reason I'm posting this is just to hopefully help someone else by warning them away from these companies.Let's just say i wish someone had warned me about just ONE of the 36 companies described in this pdf file from the Federal Trade Commission....http://www.ftc.gov/os/2008/10/081023sweeplist.pdfVernHere is an example I found posted on the web, described in this FTC document...I3SOLUTIONS.NET, GENE SCHWALEN: Cease & Desist issued to i3Solutions.net, Merle Eugene Schwalen III, by NC Attorney General.Item 1.

Call your title company, I almost always do mine myself, but I have been on vacation before and called my title company and they did the contract per my direction and had everyone sign it.E-mailing pdf is a good way, but if you need a super clean copy, then yes mail is better, however you should probably include return postage and large envelopes for faster returns.