As I think about this more, I might try to have a candid conversation with my boss about how my long term goals are outside of cranking out TPS reports and spreadsheets. :) Justin S. - it sounds like you had this conversation after the fact with your assistant GM and he fully supported you.

Sheena I get you are in Singapore but you can at least pay a non-biased third party for a full report to see what you are getting.A couple hundred from a local broker who specializes in these properties would be WELL WORTH not making a 101,000 mistake.

Unfortunately we’ve tightened up our guidelines so much that it’s more common than not the agent has a buyer wanting to do a lease purchase and the buyer is not qualified to even do a lease purchase but the agent doesn’t know that yet because the agent may not know the mortgage guidelines or have seen a credit report from the buyer.

Good news is you have half of a year to try and offset what ever gain you may receive.

Might have to contact your county commissioner.Oh yeah, with a well, you become a water provider and have to abide by certain water quality regulations and have to provide annual reports to the users.

Although we have less sub-prime debt, people are barely able to afford a house here and we're hearing doom and gloom in the news every single day.

Basically i can't get anywhere because I already own 2 properties and my credit report shows it.

Due to a short sale on my credit report, I'm not eligible for conventional financing.

As a Northern California resident I found this interesting: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-30/toll-buying-half-of-a-2-379-home-california-subdivision

The app they developed is pure genius, different, and, IMHO shows the kind of thinking that got them where they are and proves again that out of the box thinking is possible, even in real estate.http://www.inman.com/news/2012/03/9/sawbuck-app-serves-real-estate-data-snapshots