The bank stopped just short of requiring a colonoscopy and hired an incompetent attorney to draft the loan docs requiring unnecessary back and forth with the title company prior to funding the loan. 

I mean they have so much control. Get a bunch of people to tour the property together. ARV is very generous. Then understate costs. Seems like a tough situation. 

People gets locked inside factories in China to prevent thefts like they did  here in the US in the 1910s.Please keep in mind IF we all support oligopolies, the download/streaming business can end up like the internet server provider/cable business, where you and I have no real choice anymore.

I was told it was done just for preventative maintenance early on as the area had had some settling issues in the past with other properties.

This sheds years of unnecessary mistakes and issues you would otherwise encounter on your own.  

At the end of the day, if it all works out, there will be no additional income shown on your tax return, you'll only be reporting the transaction for informational purposes and to prevent a notice.

Don’t buy unnecessary things, use it for gas, and small things.

The problem of course is that we already paid off the county so I'm not sure what would prevent MDH from simply redeeming the lien and then we're in the same position. 

I think it's a shame that fear of litigation often prevents consumers from sharing information with each other.

We just had a giant lawsuit that showed how difficult it was to negotiate the fees, and the steps realtors took to prevent buyers from easily doing so.