When you can buy an asset that a family can live in cheaper than the Chevrolet at the corner used car lot.. you have to buy.My basic experience is as a sub-prime auto finance lender.

@Justin Fraser Yes, it's disconcerting trying to get all the mechanics working, but it always (usually) seems to work out!

in the same link you posted...the lien shall be valid against any purchaser, holder of a security interest, mechanic’s lienor or judgment lien creditor, except with respect to properties or transactions specified in subsection (b), (c), or (d) ofsection 6323 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for which a notice of tax lien properly filed on the same date would not be valid.

Remember a lot of these folks are working in areas and are really acting more like Auto mobile wholesalers IE its the same price they pay or tie up a home for that auto guys pay for used cars etc...

Is the "Garage" you speak of meaning an Auto Shop of some type?  

Both my mentor and our mutual real estate attorney both strongly recommended filing a mechanics lien at time of closing. 

I would love to do auto pay, but don't know how to set that up.Thanks. 

But if you're doing electrical, plumbing or mechanical, you need permits and that usually requires licensed subcontractors.  

I'm not sure if Al was trying to challenge me or throw me under the bus ;-)The parts are all readily available ... replacing the coin mechanism with a card reader and/or keypad would be fairly straight forward ... and a lot easier/cheaper to maintain.

I feel that when I get an email notification and click the link it should auto-log me in.