We chose a widespread local credit union for convenience.

There can be a wide spread in values offered.

Real estate investment performance is as wide spread as there are locations.

Supreme Court resolved a circuitcourt split in defining a “debt collector” as not ("not" being the keyword) including an entity who purchases and then collects on defaulted debt.The judge in this case, Neil Gorsuch wrote, “[b]y its plain terms this language seems to focus our attention on third party collection agents working for a debt owner – not a debt owner seeking to collect debts for itself.”Basically, while the opinion is still narrow, this ruling could have widespread relief upon purchasers of debt from a risk management, compliance, and liability analysis standpoint.

The take away about France is as follow:pros- relative market stability - stable currency (euro)cons- highest taxes to gdp in the world (capital gain taxes, transfer tax, income tax etc)- extremely complex / opaque tax system and aggressive tax authorities - widespread corruption around high profile transactions and construction permits- 3 months transaction close due to high regulation burden - local authorities have first look right to purchase the property you have under contract.

There's such a widespread belief that landlords should do everything, even their own repairs and maintenance.

There are some few units that get the tenant to pay the condo fee, but that practice is not widespread and not readily accepted by the tenants here.I have also owned some condo units with rental restrictions. 

@Sylvia B.I'm not particularly fond of it either, but it is a widespread use in the industry.  

And in so doing as I knew when I started this you run into people doing these kinds of things.Throughout this processs, I learned a lot about myself, a lot about others and it became even more real to me how widespread and nasty hater-people can be and how predatory the media outlets and Fake News are.   

The power company doesn't control the weather nor can it, with such widespread damage, give a realistic ETA.