Now, either there's a crazy leak that I'm/he's unaware of or all that water is being used for something very specific--like a crap-ton of plants.If he's got some big marijuana operation going, my big concern is fire (well, and apparently water) damage concerns.

But, even there, if the if the original loan was refinanced, some or all of it may be subject to claims.Deficiency judgments on short sales and deeds-in-lieu can happen in many more places.

Can an oral agreement be enforced under the Statute of Frauds? 

Either you're buying subject to, in which case you make all the remaining payments on the loan you're taking over at the existing loan terms, or you're buying with a "wrap" or all-inclusive trust deed with new terms. 

If, however, they can show that you repeated some or all of the acts that you are being sued for it doesn't bode well for your defense.I know this sounds like tin foil hat paranoia stuff but it's very real and very common.

Sorry it's a ton of questions, answer one, some or all.

What ever drives this new system it's clearly up to him and if it is designed to advance the site in a way he wishes to conduct his business, that's clearly his decission and more power to him.I saw David Beard's "score" and I'm familiar with posts David has made, if his score is to be reflective of his RE knowledge, it is woefully inadequate, it's not even close to reflecting his advice given.Michael Q's is another who has expertise in RE that is being grossly under rated as reflected by his score.Michael L and Ann B are in the same boat.

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In my area it's not possible to hire a professional who would come and cleanup whenever it snows for a flat yearly fee, I usually hire someone randomly on a ad hoc basis and it always gets stressful especially when there is heavy snow and i just end up scurrying to find snow cleaners during a snow storm.I will be moving OOS soon due to my job reasons so I am planning to manage my home  remotely at least for the first year and then decide to either sell or hire s PM if needed , however it will be impossible for me to share any snow cleaning responsibilities with my tenants so I am at a loss on how to handle snow cleaning so I just wanted to know if it's okay to shift some or all of the snow cleaning responsibilities to tenants?

One, two, three or all of the above may be a lie by either statement or omission; that is, you will only close the purchase IF you can flip to a buyer at a higher price leaving you with a profit.