[/url]http://www.examiner.com/article/san-bernardino-county-considers-eminent-domain-as-a-solution-to-foreclosures[url]Anybody else hear of a city or county trying to implement a strategy like this?

CA has a lot of long-term problems that don't have a lot of good solutions in place.

I'll proceed as if that is the solution, and will get that contact if it looks like it might go the other way!

You probably know this, but "short" is referring to the fact that the lender is taking a short (less than principal value) payoff of the loan; it has nothing to do with timeframes for the transactions.That said, my fastest short sale was 5 weeks from offer to close; my longest is currently at about 7 months and we're still waiting to hear from the bank...

I think you must be referring to the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report?

The best solution I have heard is to run the line in pvc.

Usually I use the term stumbling blocks in the middle to refer to these individuals.

What I was referring to is the fact that banks restrictions, which are in addition to FHA restrictions, will differentiate between pre-90 days and post-90 days.

Sometimes referred to as a "silent second".

Think of the land trust saying yes, I own the property but it is "In care of: John Doe""Illinois Land TrustIn Illinois, and in five other states, legislation has been enacted that creates a special type of trust, commonly referred to as an "Illinois Land Trust".