Originally posted by @Braxton Boone:Just from looking at those photos I can imagine that the smell is breathtaking  Luckily for me we are far past the point where I physically am present at these types of things.

However, I would caution you to have a professional do a thorough physical inspection and add any deferred maintenance/capex into your purchase price calculations. 

Plus, they wanted a pool (for her physical therapy).  

If anyone runs their own meetup at a physical location, I'd love to help spread the word about it.

The form can be found online or physically at city hall.

I am trying to tap some of the equity so I can turn the property into a rental that will produce some income for my father (he is currently living there, but in the process of moving him) who is not physically well.The property has a mortgage with 195k still owed, the property taxes are up to date, and is valued in the high 500 to low 600k range.  

And if you own a painting, you bear the physical risks and costs, including insurance, damage, and theft or forgery, among others.In short, buy paintings if you like looking at them.

This is the same with any legal notices which need to be posted (you have a PDF copy) physically.  

My first thought is that most evictions are for members of lease and/or anyone else residing at the physical address, so if your son is out then the eviction would fall on the wife.

Right, and to that point the guy wrote a book called Clouded Titles (i think) and his claim was that back in the 90's when the banks were finally allowed to play in the securities arena the MERS system was put in to place but when the banks utilized it they did so incorrectly (most likely on purpose to expedite the process) 100% of the time, and so of the 70 million or so titles that were put in to the system each and every property title could not by any means be traced, because the banks instead of going A, B, C, D just went from A - D and then shredded all the physical titles after they were loaded electronically.