And that was a big spike, check out the gold spot chart for the 13th: http://www.kitco.com/charts/livegold.html (the red line designates the 13th)I believe in Schiff's beliefs, whether you do or not is great, but he was right last time...

They seem eager to rent, filled out the application on the spot and turned in application fee.

I would stay away from HOA's as any time you put money into someone elses pocket there is an opportunity for power trips and greed to take the money and run leaving the residents in a tight spot.

I was sitting at the house looking at the forums here. then looked at yesterdays paper,, and it had an ad for a very cheap fixer upper in valley al, for only 5,500,, not far from my house, so out of curiosity i went to look at the house, when i got there the house had major water damage from a leaky roof that would cost 20,000 just to fix it, well by chance the guy who posted the ad was the rightful owner,( who was already there when i arrived ) I easily talked him down to 1,000 bucks and he agreed, well i was short on cash so i pawned my car title for a 1,000,,ok lets buy it, I signed the paper work in the front yard and settled the deal,deed and all on the spot!!

Once a cat pees on a spot....every animal thereafter will want to do the same thing and, if it gets to the subfloor, you'll never get the smell out.  

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In that case, you might be in a tough spot.

I'm not saying that I'd necessarily buy either and I don't own either, but that is what I saw when looking into it.You are both also spot on IMO to be highly skeptical of Universal Life Insurance as well as the $2k "refundable" retainer fee.

They are able to spot potential problems and can also give you a cost to repair.So that brings me to the question of which one should I hire?

Well the inspection is complete today , it was postpone until today so I could get into each unit... there are major damages to the exterior of the property. bowing brick facing, roof replacing, electrical problems, furnace problems, termites, omg on and on and on,let alone the fact that all tenants claim they put up a  security deposit one claiming 2 months, There was so much but looking on the surface the place looked really good ,,When I was told about due diligence that was spot on, getting a professional inspection is worth it because I would not have known until it was to late and to late is after closing when I would own all of these problems