Be careful of buying in an association where there could be a lot of upcoming assessments. good luck guys! 

I know memphis invest has find motivated sellers and there's REI Pro, freedomsoft and dozen others.

Pulled out a couple of tax free loans throughout the years from the home.Funny thing is, I ended up buying dozens of homes before I myself ever owned a home.That's like buying and selling cars before owning a car.

They called animal control who have assessed the situation and decided no action was worth taking.

For the first dozen years of my real estate career I hated title theory and found it a drag. 

Often, though not always, the financial situation of the condo association could be a mess, thus giving you a higher risk of a special assessment.

I wanted to protest my property taxes for the last two years because I believe that it was over assessed and I am due a refund, however, I plan to put my house for sale in the next couple of months and I don't want a lower assessment to affect the sale. 

All condos have condo fees and those fees vary widely between associations. they can completely wipe out your cashflow, but you can include them in your analysis and potentially find some that are profitable in a city area. finally, you need to vet the association, which is difficult to do since they arent a public entity and don't publish their financial health. old buildings with expensive deferred repairs can cause assessments to skyrocket and owners will be on the hook for the cost.

The good news is that landlords have full access to credit, criminal, and eviction reports and in every case they cost the landlord nothing since either the tenant pays online, or pays you an application fee to cover your costs.Option 1: the smartmove type companies (there's dozens of them now including smartmove).  

HI BP, My partner is looking to purchase a home and the contract includes a risk assessment contingency shown here http://i.imgur.com/y6Inpo8.png  "Contract of sale is contingent upon risk assessment or inspection by purchaser for presence of lead based paint/and lead based paint hazards" along with a disclosure stating no knowledge of lead based paint.