As far as the City goes...they charge you $75/year per unit for a "rental license", inspections are two-fold; exterior inspections (weeds, sanitation, exterior issues, etc) are done twice per year.

I don't know what CCB stands for, but I do know that I recently got my real estate license.I wrote about the costs associated with it on the BP blog.

For letters there's also lots of options to make your mail piece stand out from the others like colored envelopes and envelope art. 

A stand-alone unit will definitely add value to your property, more so than a garage conversion.

Try to learn what other parties may have an interest in the property, and whether their interest continues to stand after the redemption period has ended.

I would tell you that most of the sales are in the eastern section of town between 22nd st and eastern shore drive with average sales price of $234,000 and a market time on average 52 days.

This gives you a leg to stand on when the "oh while you're here" problems come up. 

The Fed has reduced sales of Term Auction Facility loans to commercial banks by one-third and is letting a money-market lending program end in October.In June, the Fed extended other emergency-loan programs by three months to Feb. 1.“The Fed realizes that the markets are getting better but are not yet healthy enough to stand on their own,†said Scott Buchta, a Chicago-based strategist at Guggenheim Capital Markets LLC.

After maybe 1 apartment, I quit using a respirator, but I can't stand them.

No problem.I hope this deal works for you.Just remember the seller won't put much weight to "I bought a house a year ago and the rehab was 40k more than expected"Instead sellers want third party objective data that says the house needs major repairs and will cost a bunch of money to fix.Since you are buying the property you stand to gain and are not an objective party to the seller.This is why banks order bpo's from agents that are not involved in the short sale or reo transaction.The bank only wants an objective valuation based on paying the fee for the report.good luck