Amazingly, banks are legally allowed to hide this profit, never having to disclose it to consumers.

While my professional career has been in consumer credit underwriting and credit bureau management (please see my posted bio), I've recently moved to real estate technology.Please ask me any questions you may have about consumer credit, credit risk models, risk management or condominium management.Here in San Francisco there is a great entrepreneurial spirit and I moved here last year with my wife, Christiane, to search for our own "Sutter's Mill" (there's gold in them there hills!)

Yes, pretty big deal for the L/O seller financing guys, search here on BP "Dodd-Frank" you'll find tons of info and links to the Consumer Financial Protection Board, who you can also google and see the new regulations.Good luck :)

If the repairs are immediate they would need to come off of the sales price so likely looking at an 8 cap at current purchase price.When tenants do not pay utility they consume 30% more on average.

If you were mislead you can still call them out on it and if they want to play hardball you can sue them under the consumer protection law, MGL 93A.

I called the city, the district court, consumer housing, every department out there and no one can answer me.

(Most is free or low cost, just time consuming)2) You need MONEY to start.

Is this possible and how hard, time consuming, and what would it cost?

Not one for wallowing in misery, I opted to bow out of the real estate profession for a while and rely on my backup plan, Internet technologies.

If the exterior paint truly has alligated to the point that it needs to be completely physically removed... that's a very involved process that requires a lot of hand labor and some specialized tools - ESPECIALLY if you're going to do the project in compliance with EPA regulations.This process is, in fact, so time-and-labor consuming that it can be a heckuva lot cheaper to simply remove the exterior siding and re-clad with new siding.Unless there's some specific reason (historic siding, for example) that makes you want to retain the old siding... alligated paint is just a bear of a job.And just to help the matter, here's a good image of alligated paint -http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/alligatoring