So make sure you do a thorough due diligence on the property management side, and insist on getting a reference from a customer that has gone through an eviction, because you won't know if your property manager is good or bad until they've navigated you through a problem situation like that - all PM's seem great when your tenant pays on time every month. 

I want some custom features (in the kitchen mostly) that will be more costly, and happy to GC certain things on my own (like finishing out the basement).

It will make a big difference when a claim occurs, even a partial claim.

Hello, we rented our house to a coupe claiming they only had a cat. but now our neighbors are telling me they have a little dog.

And there are also a lot of tire kickers who claim to want to purchase but 9.9 times out of 10 are not qualified yet with a lender.

It did seem odd to me also.The best I can tell it was Deeded from my Grandfather to the other guy, along with a contract where my Grandfather would finance it to him with $500 down and $100 a month with 10% interest.So maybe the guy never finished paying off the contract and my Grandfather still had some claim to it but forgot about it or didn't think it was worth the effort to pursue?

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I tried looking up on the web as to why i would need to hold on to it for that period and im not seeing any information supporting that six month claim.

It's those maniacs that buy homes cash via quit claim deed off of craigslist that really get screwed.Make sure your property manager is a licensed real estate brokerage.Understand you can not eliminate all risk, only mitigate it.

But it's still the seller's responsibility to fix it, which may mean they will have to file a claim against the HOA to get resources to fix it - and certify it was done properly.I must also note that what I've said was based on my situation up north, where I knew the CC&Rs pretty thoroughly.