well i've got a 80% unemployment rate among my renters and they are getting along just fine on government aid and sporadic under the table work.

The lien is registered with a government agency (at the county courthouse). 

Also, few non-government organizations will choose such a location to open new facilities.Taxes - There is a reason so many people and companies are leaving the "blue states". 

I've been an Estimator and Assistant PM for a GC, performed take off for a large government construction management firm, conducted design reviews on behalf of the government, and I am an Architectural & Civil Drafter by trade.

I had a realtor tell me years ago you can't even do a new appraisal until you hit 6 months (I had a home I sold that someone offered my list price at, then the appraisal came in 6k under listing, so they couldn't get financing from a bank, and the realtor told me you couldn't resubmit once the appraisal was done without going through submitting that the appraisal was inaccurate.)Does anyone have a government reference on how long you have to wait before you get a reappraisal?

As others have said, smoke detectors are governed by local codes.

Venezuela gas is close to free (~$0.02 a gallon), it creates economic crisis not able to operate as an efficient government.

Having the government take all risk of the table for the banks allows this to happen (because the banks have bought the government).

They are a private company and are not restricted access or kept from doing an inspection from the government unless the house is under some sort of government claim such as eminent domain, crime scene investigation or condemned.

Purchases of new homes climbed 7.8 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted 539,000 annualized pace in February, a seven-year high, according to the latest U.S. government report.