These three processes are totally different departments and there is no hope in changing the systems!

Sometimes a new water tap is cheap and sometimes it funds half of the water department for a year. 

The forums here get inquiries about this all the time: "Dear BP contributors, the home warranty company is shafting me, oh, what should I do?"

If you get a green light, make sure you get that in writing from the zoning department.  

Has anyone ever set up a increasing value security deposit that builds for the tenant and can be cashed out when they depart without arrears or damage.

This is another reason why student debts/loans in this country are trash.Actually, this is why college finance departments encouraging students to get MSW degrees and spend $250K they don't have are trash.It's like any other type of debt - It can be used for good or bad. 

Initial jobless claims filed through state programs slid to 840,000 last week from a revised 849,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department reports.

For reasons of no heirs, estate not worth to be probated, heirs out of state and too busy to travel to another state, it is just better and simpler to have the banks involve take control and deal with the bank's REO department.

Dear people of the biggerpockets community,The first steps have been made!

@Yeri Kim, the local Building Department will have their own requirements.