Because all new listings are released by HUD, and the local listing agents have them posted on MLS on Saturday, plus, they appear on Hudhomestore as new listings.Being an agent isn't the same as having a HUD NAID authorization so you can bid...

I'm by no means an authority on the topic but I agree with @Jim Keller, if the comps in the area don't have central air then I don't think it would be expected.

@Branden Spann Chris (the author of St Louis Patina) is an incredibly knowledgeable individual and I can't say enough good things about his blog.

I guess the other sign of hope is that the provincial government has another consultation exercise about allowing private bailiffs to enforce court orders such as evictions, or alternatively setting up a designated administrative authority to do this that would be self funded by fees.

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You get him or her peeved, and the agent will tattle to some authority, and you'll have to be called in to explain yourself.  

You need to be authorized to encapsulate, in which there is a process...but paint is not an encapsulant.  

Us non-big-bank guys have a zillion testing/education/licensing/fee hoops and fees to jump through just to add one additional state.This implies that someone in Congress or at the CFPB thinks that the activities of the big banks did not have anything to do with the meltdown, and it was the local lenders / credit unions / etc that were to blame. 

Well the author and you have misinterpreted what HUD's new guidelines are.

Landlords can and do get in trouble for that sort of thing.If the homeowner really wanted to pursue this, this first step would be determining if there's a statute that authorizes some kind of treble damages or attorney fees.