If I want to spend 6-8 months doing a simple rehab that is not an issue because I have no mortgage and next to zero cost while the house is empty.  

(This is my second visit to Vero but husband spends a lot of time here and has good advisors re lifestyle.)

I did the rehab myself and that saved me a lot of money, but knowing what I know now I would rather pay a contractor for a job that big and spend my free time looking for more deals.

I am an Atlanta area (Gwinnett County) family-man and college teacher who wishes to take more control of my financial independence so that I can spend more time and money on developing my ministry.

My experience in Philly is that the exact law is not relevant and if you ever ended up in court a judge will find you at fault for not spending the $175 to ensure the safety of a child.

@Eudith Vacio an accountant for a condo association is less of a specialty but for the attorney you want someone that spends 100% of there day working on condo associations.  

People are just spending way too much on these properties.

Staged homes spend half the time on the market compared to non-staged homes and they regularly sell for about 6% above the listed price. 

At least 2,600 victims invested their retirement savings, totaling about $400 million.Shapiro siphoned off $35 million for his own benefit, according to prosecutors, spending $3.1 million for chartering private planes and travel, $6.7 million on a home, $2.6 million on home improvements, $1.8 million on personal income taxes, $1.4 million for his ex-wife, and more than $672,000 on luxury automobiles.Roseman received $2.5 million for himself and Acevedo received $1.1 million, prosecutors said.The Securities and Exchange Commission’s previous enforcement action in 2017 was settled in January for a total of $1 billion in penalties and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains, the agency said.

She led us into the investment believing we should only spend between 40-50k on the rehab.