I use State Farm and don't care if its more money for me, as one of you said higher rates!.....

Bottom Line - Discount brokers may not care about these things.

He has one or two adult dogs, that need to be caged in, that's problem one.

Numbers might be tight, but eventually it will be paid off by the tenant and the number will increase and take care of itself.  

I read all 80 pages of the CC&Rs carefully and consulted an attorney before the condo purchase. 

My handyman used a pressure washer to remove a stain from one of our drives... but he tends to be a careful sort and probably didn't blast away at full power if not required... or perhaps we were just lucky.

The best and fastest way to get your answer is to talk to multiple property tax protest firms, you might be able to fish for your answer or at least you could hire them and they can take care of it for you.

I got the cans of "fogger'' and removed the carpets and that took care of the problem.  

As it comes to investing as a whole, as long as it meets my criteria and I feel good about the investment I could care less where it is. 

Be very careful with this....