If in Florida and doing Short Sales make sure you adhere to Florida Statues 501.1377(4) AND 501.1377(5) and provide proper disclosure in all your forms.

nick, When a person dies without a will and owns property it is called Intestate. the property is supposed to pass to the decedent's heirs according to the states Statue Of Descent and Distribution.

That statues says if someone uses someone else' property for some number of years, they can make a legitimate claim of ownership.

The law that covers this is (I can not site the actual wording) the law that states the homeowner must do everything possible to PREVENT WASTE.It is under this statue that a lot of homes get taken by the authorities because the homeowner should have known that their renter was creating waste on the property by their illegal activities.

That marble top is super ugly.

The box stores have some generic but pleasing to most designs in stock, which mimic the granite and marble look everyone wants these days.

IRS statues.

Handcarving the marble tile or something?

For the COA/HOA to be able that statue it needs to be recorded with the city so you can verify that.

Ask for a reference to a specific statue.