He works for free and knows how to spot roaches.Other than that, my preference is to take the rent and not renew the lease.

Chris,Jon's response is spot on.

The heated part of our kitchen is also our favorite hang out spot for the family in winter- would definitely recommend for a personal home.

With an apartment there is a storage/work area for having tools and equipment available in one spot.

Also the amount of accounts these hands have touched really has allowed me to help out a lot of homeowners finding themselves in tight pinch.I'm located here in sunny Southern California.

BeachBum,Spot on with the feedback.To add to the list I would like to see the ability to indicate that I no longer want to follow a thread.

It is certainly a hot spot in Houston, but a hot spot for well-to-do first time buyers and prices usually under $400k.

Heatherp, fingers crossed for you and wishing you the best of luck.You certainly aren't the first to be in a tight spot.

Sorry for the rant but you hit a sore spot with me.

Disclosure is key in my book and telling your end buyer that the contract is subject to you taking title before they close is also key.There may be some ways to avoid using transactional funding (a bridge loan, nothing illegal there) but I see too many grey areas and difficulties in doing so, at least here in CA, and in a few other states.Great topic and thread guys and gals, let's keep this going and now that I am aware of it's presence, would like to join in the discussion with my $.02Will Barnard in Sunny CA