I too have been attempting to sort through all this L/O and SAFE Act manutia.I've read of a couple alternatives, like having a standard lease parallel to standard a purchase agreement, with an extended escrow closing, 12-18 months out.

If so, should they also attempt trying to contact the owner?

This concept is often mistaken by many who attempt to mix other financial markets and apply such thinking to real estate.You can no more accurately estimate future appreciation of any residential or commercial property in this country three years ahead (especially right now) than what Wal-Mart stock will be.

Also, inspect clothing and body upon returning to your home.

Every short-sale I've attempted in the past coupleyears has gone to the wayside thanks to the lenders notwanting to deal...So, I'm curious if anyone is actually making money withpre-foreclosures, auction sales, or REO's.

We're going to give the realtors that we're working with access so they can see where we are in the process instead of having to call us, then we 'attempt' to call negotiators to get an update because the program isn't being updated properly(again, we're pretty sure we figured out what was going on today, I'm referring to future updates).

She's made occasional attempts to talk sense into the tenant before, but the tenant listens to no one.

Its a tough situation because there's an oversupply of housing stock but because of this not all of it is rented or even attempted to be rented nor is it all in rentable shape. there are bad areas speckled around cincy but a lot of change is happening and there are a lot of neighborhood in transition.

How do I even attempt to figure out repairs and maintenance on an 8 unit building.

I know mechanics liens are dead and I'm afraid that attempting to put a assignment fee on the hud for more than $50k will raise a red flag since the properties are all short sales.