@Jiva Segaran Go to the local Building Department for the property you are looking at, pull the file for that address and look for any permits that may have been pulled for the construction.

If you're an investor with a HELOC out, this is the time to roll that into a fixed rate mortgage to avoid paying dearly with every increase they implement.   

Talk to your local buildings department.

Every student is warned in college on orientation day by the police department not to go there for any reason, and campus police will actually question students who are leaving the campus in that direction and question people who are walking to campus from that direction.My first word of advice is to have a full time security guard on your property and leave a radio on inside to let people know that it is occupied.  

It is a real epidemic.Frankly it had been happening for a while, Dallas itself has some issues financially because of the pensions, and the infrastructure/roads are in terrible condition.I do think the crime rate will get worse, but I think the mismanagement and issues with the police department compensation and pension have been bad for a while. 

Because SF's Building and Planning Departments are suffering staffing turnover and/or shortages, we've been told it might be up to a year before we get the conversion completed and finally have a unit to sell.

I found a copy of the "Texas Department of Insurance - Windstorm Resistant Construction Guide", and after looking through it, I can tell you that these 1950's house don't meet the guidelines.

My current letters read: Dear Homeowner,My name is Ahshar Sylvestre.

Army Corp of Engineers, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Environmental Management (not sure of the Colorado equivalents).  

Find out if your permit department will even allow this.