Now I started suspecting about the inspector as well.I do not have an inspection report in front of me now but will check it to see if the inspector picked these problems up when he inspected the property.Now, after receiving advice from all people on BP, I am leaning toward contacting this PM to say that I would like to terminate the management agreement because I am not happy that they never asked for my prior consent for repairs despite the agreement expressly requires.If they try to charge the termination fee, well then we will have some disagreement....

The good news is my tenants paid on time and even renewed their lease.

Good news!

The last thing you want is to report it as a capital gains transaction and have the IRS audit three years from now and reclassify it.

Offer a Free Report like on techniques to avoid foreclosure and have the site optimized for your local market.20.

So one can proactively go to the tax assessors' office in your city and do research to determine whether there is a lien or other negative report that would start a negotiation process this is public information -- superficial at first but then once trust is built  with a series of phone calls or visits -- request a "certified document on the first year status of the property in question and in relation to a tenant's payment history.

It won't give me a credit score or report, but comes back if it meets the minimum requirement.

Now the bad news, these ghetto houses are like herpes, easy to get, and impossible to get rid of!

You need to know your score for all three.Different creditors pull from different agencies depending on where their headquarters are located.I have seen point variations in the hundreds of difference per agency before.The reason is people have similar names etc. and info gets reported incorrectly or to the wrong file.

I see and report on 100s of properties monthly and personally have seen it all in REOs and the horror show of humanity that goes with that.