David, I hope you are right, I agree with your assessment "I'm leaning toward buying these houses through private lenders at this stage.

To follow Jon`s advice I used deluxe version of MichaelBluejay`s Rent vs Buy which is the most comprehensive calculator I have found. http://michaelbluejay.com/house/rentvsbuy.htmlTo do an apples to apples comparison I ran two scenarios. #1 Renting a 3 bed/ 2 bath home vs buying one in the same school district.

Subsequent to providing predevelopment grant funding to the selected applicants, the Department will assess the impact of the availability of such funding on the ability of sponsors to expedite the development processing of Section 202 projects.

i was in a 9th grade reading class for reading comprehension.

With condos come HOA's ... many are in dreadful shape (lawsuits, special assessments, high dues, etc) so tread very carefully.

If it is not an interior assessment, good luck with that, since they will only be there long enough to roll down a window and take a picture to prove they were there.

The house had a tax assessed value of over $120K but there hasn't been a sale for over $80K in three years.

You can ask for a copy of his appraisal, but if he paid for an appraiser to value a property it is probably not something I'd trust 100%.By Court Records I would assume you mean assessed value, which also means very little.

With an HOA, these turn into special assessments.

, and I'm looking forward to his professional assessment of the situation.