Sometimes when they feel they're treated unfairly, they complain about you for the smallest things to the authorities, and in the long run, cost you more.

If there is a house for sale, and the seller has the authority to sell it, make an offer and buy it if you have the financial means to do so.If the house is in foreclosure, there are a lot more than just late fees to pay.

I would stick with the small community banks with an experienced lender with actual credit authority.

How hard was it to get through the CT Housing Finance Authority loan process? 

I hope there will be an update but it is probably too soon for it.The new tax bill is pretty heavy so it will take some time to the authors to digest the bill and update the book.Let's be patient

no one seems to know about it but Anyone who invests or hopes to own a home in California should be looking out for this and should be calling their local state senators all weekend because they tried assess underneath all of us this January 9 look at the below warningare successful, cities will be authorized to permanently control the rent of all properties.AB 1506 (Bloom) repeals the Costa-Hawkins Act.

Bringing an un-authorized animal into the property is grounds for eviction.

In addition, my realtor just called and informed me that due to the nonconforming characteristics of the property, should 49% of the property be damaged in any way, the city would not authorize a rebuild. 

Maybe if your lucky the realtor/contractor split the costs and eat it.Have another (or multiple) contractor give you a bid to remedy the issue.... which should hopefully be around under the max for your small claims court.From what I see here you have no valid contract, no authorization to start work, no delegation of authority to the realtor to make those decisions. 

Therefore people who are fully authorized to practice title (in NC) are both licensed attorneys and licensed insurance providers.