You are in Central NJ where lawyers are customarily involved in real estate transactions.

Has anyone ever converted a garage to an apartment or studio and if so, what was involved in doing so?

This online community has really opened my eyes to other areas of the real estate business that I might want to get involved in more deeply after I retire from the reserves in the next couple of years.

I found a lender that will lend at 30 year term (oddly its a 15/1 hybrid arm...

Now, if you can find the builder and get copies of compaction records, you would at least have something to base a lawsuit on if any of the parties involved still have any money.

I can tell you're excited William, but here's a few reasons agents don't get involved in SF and L/Os.The agents want to get paid, they are paid on sales, not leases, but either party can pay a fee, usually the L/O is kinda thin so the Realtor may go hungry.Many RE Brokers don't allow it due to the liability.

I was wondering if anyone had heard the rule of not spending over half of ones' savings on anything if you have no debt. I am graduating from college in May 2013 and already own one house jointly with my parents. I ...

Seems like there's less risk involved in that....There just seems to be a lot of moving pieces and I don't want to get burned before I even get out the gate...

Even though she isn’t directly responsible for this repair they will have to shut her sewer off and do some type of reconnection that I’m not clear on at this point, so it involves her but apparently she isn’t responsible for sharing much (if any) of the cost.

A couple of FRBOs said they may be interested but they said they will not deal with "an agency or company", "only if it's for me", some want to check credit and they want to know where you work or how many people will live in the house and some say no third party involved.