I personally find the entire concept of a HOA extremely offensive.

All of those are extremely common.

We also make donations to our state PAC for the lobbying efforts of the Washington Apartment Association... extremely important for keeping our state laws landlord friendly.

If the master lease option was acceptable, we'd probably open a common an account that we'd have access too for use specifically for paying the mortgage.

You will have an extremely difficult time trying to get any money back from this person.No legal advice.

The corporate life is becoming very monontonous and way to political these days so I am taking the plunge to learn a bit more about REI to hopefully someday (soon) make a leap and fulfill a dream.My experience is limited to a few books, some great reads here on the BP forums, growing up in a DIY family (so I am pretty confident in basic carpentry), and priding myself with common sense.

A pretty common question here is "how do I appeal the valuation set by the county assessor on the property I just bought for significantly less than the current assessed value."

They have the right to know what the trustees authority and obligations are in relation to the trust.Even if the creator of the trust is smart, or well advised, and has that authorization in a separate document, that authorization will disclose the creator of the trust and honestly that is all that is needed to be off to the races.Trusts were not created in common or current law to guarantee privacy.

It's not a common floor in my area, I haven't seen it in any homes around here, not to say it doesn't exist, I just have not run into it yet.

Well, I can't say for sure as I don't have any of their properties myself or been through their process, but I've met Chris Clothier in person and I was extremely impressed.I know of another one that is excellent as well if you are interested, I can share offline.