Definitely very hot markets

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I have been looking for chances to be able to get out of a real estate contract on a house I wanted to purchase but later on regretted. The seller is very difficult to deal with and he is refusing to h...

In my opinion, in NC, in next five or so years the only places that will legally permit short term rentals will be our beach towns and mountain areas and of course unincorporated rural locals with no regulations in place.

Definitely, contact water the company most have a one-time leak forgiveness policy or one-time pool fill. 

With rental investments tenants are depending on you to maintain their homes and if you fail to do so there can be legal consequences.

For a house-hack you are definitely too conservative.

You are literally buying someone else's legal headache from which it may be difficult to see the bottom. 

Anything you install will be less robust than a utility provided meter which I believe have a list of legal protections regarding tampering.

Consider elements together with way of life choices, location and marketplace analysis, property condition and protection desires, property control, and legal and regulatory concerns.

Yeah, in our area definitely if they pride themselves on being the least expensive.