I've found a marble to be helpful on occasion, since some of my areas tend to have some foundation issues and its not always easy to tell just by walking around and looking.When you get to the accepted contract stage, then you break out the tools and start looking closer.

I have used them on numerous occasions.

Though I've had several occasions where the title search didn't catch the restriction, and therefore the closing attorney wouldn't have enforced it (in all these occasions, I was waiting until after the restriction period but the title search was done within the period, so this should have been flagged).Btw, I didn't realize that a 60 restriction on cash purchases was the new norm for BoA REOs (as Dvorah indicates above)...seems weird that they'd only put this restriction on a cash purchase.

I did that on several occasions.On the first occasion, I rented to a single lady going to law school.

On occasion, if we know the exact market well, and have build something recently, we might offer for land without a proforma, but that's a very specific situation with our having prior knowledge of projects that we've done recently.Given what I see here, can I make the suggestion that you use your BP network to find someone with the knowledge that is needed here to partner up with?

I have seen you state this on several occasions in these forums but the fact remains that they represent by far the greatest number of applications made to the LTB.

However I have told sellers in multiple occasions that they should list the home (I take a realtor with me on most appointments) alot of time they would rather go with me.

Article from HousingWire:The National Association of Realtors drew a line in the sand between homebuyers and investors, but one investor says he’s had enough.NAR made its stance on investors clear on several occasions: Investors are creating more competition for first-time homebuyers, possibly even keeping them from homeownership.Back in January, the initial public offering for Blackstone Group’s single-family rental operator, Invitation Homes, became one step closer to reality, as the company disclosed the terms of its initial public offering.What was unusual about this deal was the fact that it happened with the backing of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, as noted in the Wall Street Journal.NAR did not wait long to criticize the GSE, sending a letter to Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to an article by Lorraine Woellert for POLITICO.

She had said on 3 previous occasions that she was going to deposit the funds.  

There are occasions where someone recommends things like tax fraud or discrimination and I think BP would be a better community if we didn't let those posts stay on the forum.