As she locked up, she was still talking about her life.

We just had people making bad decisions, taking a portion of the law and applying it in a way that was not legal," Tarrant County clerk Mary Louise Garcia said.In one case, an Arlington travel nurse came home in September to find her locks changed and two TVs missing, according to a police report.

I'd like to accept the counter-offer, but apparently it doesn't work that way with HUD (there is no "ACCEPT" button anywhere or any other obvious way to accept the counter-offer).There *IS* a way for me to resubmitted a new bid right from the counter-offer page.My guess is that it's not a true counter-offer whereby I have the option of accepting and locking up the property.

Of course, the tenants could be breaking my rules behind my back or a dog could escape, but I feel a little better about allowing the dogs when they are at least supposed to be with the owner or locked inside.

I don't know if you would want to lock yourself into a longer lease for a lower rent price.

Maranette,If you're sure that you're finding good deals, you should lock-them-up by putting them under contract ASAP.

I was told I could've locked in a slightly lower rate last week.

You simply go and un-arm the alarm before they get there and come back to reset it and change the combo code after they are gone.In my experience, I have found that many agents are careless and do not lock doors, leave windows open, leave lights on, etc.

I doubt we'll find anything now Rich...that is why we just need to agree to the one we'll use and the date we'll lock the spread.

I always get an extra box or two of tile for breakage later on and save the extra grout in a zip lock bag for perfect tile repairs.