Hello again,Our tenant claims she believes her back lock was vandalized by someone putting something in her lock preventing her from putting her key in it. 

I currently have a property under contract, the "owner" that lives there got the home transferred to him via quit-claim deed.

What you call "when no service is being provided by the broker" could more accurately be described as "the largest liability the broker has where their e&o wont cover claims because principals to transactions are generally excluded from coverage". 

"real estate is going to crash soon", then 20 years later when it happens, they claim they were right.

Zero.Stone Financing claims to be from Las Vegas. 

Recently applied for a loan and was denied based on credit score.I have never had a credit card and the only thing affecting my credit score are some old medical bills.Any ways I can build my credit in a short period of time without getting a credit card?

The full mortgage on the entire property is over the allowable principal limit of $750,000 set by the IRS.From what I understand there is no limit to the amount of mortgage interest we can claim as an expense for the rental.

There might still be redemption rights, there might still be claims that the tax sale was void.

He basically did not deny my claim, but indicated he did not do it and that he would have to charge to go out there to jet the line. 

More info here (note: I'm not sure if this is the current set of guidelines nor do I claim to be a mortgage expert) https://www.hud.gov/sites/docu...It might be a good idea to call some lenders and provide a "hypothetical" scenario of this in order to feel it out before you commit to anything.