Because Ohio's program follows FHA guidelines they look at collections, judgements, and past dues not just credit scores.

Get a property report and judgement report on the sellers to make sure there are no surprises on title.Long and short, use a good lawyer, accountant and title co.Jeff

Online advertisements are the best in my judgement; Craigslist, Postlets and Rentlinx (I would put an ad up on all three).

I mean, they spent $290 on a forum website account...I feel like that should be the definition of poor judgement.

I went to the mediation today and I was told the landlord received a judgement order for $800 against me.

Your job and career are assets one mistake could open them up to litigation in the form of a judgement, wage garnishments, to the life extent of the states statue of limitations.

I would’ve never been able to find this myself) and found about 8.5K in judgements against the property (for what , I don’t’ know) I also see that they have a bunch of open violations.

Is there a hard and fast rule, or is it just best judgement?

With my budget, I can buy a property in high crime neighborhood in Phoeinx ... will get less than ideal tenants ... etcIf I had 150K, I'd consider Phoenix I'm new and don't have much knowledge ... trying to use good judgement and common sense :)

Down here in SWFL you have to sort through the Judgement filings and find the ones that are person to person...