I held the tape for the guy, It's a rowhouse with a ground extension, 2 boxes.

But on a house I am closing on in the morning, I had to sign a disclosure with the agent stating that I understood (even though he was not affiliated with listing agent) that he represented and was being paid by the seller.That does not mean that agent is out to screw the buyer or is not helpful in explaining and cutting through the red-tape and hassles associated with buying RE.

Too bad there's too much red tape to let us have a little fun.

It all depends on which HML you are working with and how much red tape they will have.

I'm starting in the Baltimore area but not the city because the red tape is so bad in the city that you need a permit just to change a light bulb.

It was a load of fun to tape and I also learned a lot from Arthur Garcia.

@Jon,I may be able to rustle up an old tape recorder.

The amount of red tape and hoops Sec. 8 often makes you jump through to house these tenants seems really counter-productive to solving the affordable housing crisis that they seem to be pretty in tune with.With interest rates still as low as they are and the amount of people that are still moving into the bigger metro areas on a daily basis coupled with the sheer amount of investors in these regions descending in immediately on anything even resembling 'affordable', renovating, and reselling for top dollar - it's hard to imagine the availability of affordably priced rentals increasing any time real soon.Again, RHA could help itself (and the people they are supposed to be charged with helping) by reassessing and increasing rental rates, as well as reducing or streamlining the arcane bureaucratic processes that discourage landlords from wanting to rent to S8's.Once the market finally cools and the banks are flooded with what I'd bet will likely be massive amounts of short sales, and properties can be bought again on the downswing then I think we'll start to see a noticeable increase in the availability of affordable rentals.

Found one with an unkempt yard, and papers taped on their garage door about having a mosquito infested pool and that they were being fined by the county for it.So i find out who owns the property by calling the local assessors office.

I know that the fine print says that the buyer should verify all facts but I think it's really sad that a realtor cannot use basic math and a tape measure.