. / case)Lead-time:  2 man/days to cover ca. 1,000 SFThe purpose of this exercise is to see how the vinyl material holds the "Test of Time”, and compare it to previous experiences with other products, like carpet or tile.

As a result, this website will focus on five key elements:(1) Create a place where individual homeowners can gather, voice their opinion, and rate their community.(2) Provide tools to fight abusive Boards whom overreach their power.(3) Provide Homeowners Associations, who receive bad ratings, tools to change their image.(4) Educate the individual Member and the Board about each other’s rights, roles, and responsibilities.(5) Promote change from within, when necessary.Most importantly, I want the conversation to begin.Kip

Know your role!"

In addition, what is your role in the lending process?

(It is also free)  Aside from that prudent exercise, you (or someone else) could pull up the county record for the subject property and do some basic diligence on the mortgage to see where the balance might be today had all payments been made as agreed.  

Being more of a geek than a hammer-swinger, I find the role of an agent has not been a bad fit.Think you'd be sticking close to home (Montgomery County MD) in your investing? 

In my market place 75% of options were not exercised, so 75% of the time the seller just rented out his property in effect while the investor pocketed some option money and the monthly rent spread.  

I assume you would be pulling permits and hiring licensed subcontractors but perhaps filling the general contractor role yourself. 

I would focus on making great deals - rather than trying to acquire an arbitrary number of properties.For an option to buy to be profitable, it has to be significantly below the purchase price and you have to have the down payment to exercise the option - which would be 25% of the option price on most loans.The margin is needed because you have realtor/marketing/carrying costs if you buy and flip. 

So, tax roles are often the wrong place to seek title status.For this, you need to examine the chain of title from the county recorder.