I think, with the scrutiny of the world upon them, they (banks and government oversight) will wake up and smell the coffee and perform as admirably as the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (Depression era) and the Resolution Trust Corporation (savings and loan crisis).

Contact an attorney that can dispute the foreclosure process giving you access to continue to short selling the prop w/ the bank and cash flowing that puppy with the homeowners authorization.

Many will write out a New Year's resolution and a few might even keep those resolutions.

You may find yourself in the middle of a commission dispute as a result of what referred to in the industry as "procuring cause."

FIVE FACTORS Payment History = 35% Debt Ratio: Balance/Limits = 30% Length of Credit History = 15% Types of Credit = 10% Number of Inquires = 10% FIVE SOLUTIONS Remove the "Bad Credit" "Rapid Rescore" your existing credit Add a "Seasoned Tradeline" Add different "Types of Credit" Remove "Inquires" The point is that even if you are successful in disputing negative items off your report, you are still only affecting at best... 35% of what makes up your score... make sure you address all 5 factors.

The letter will normally specifically state the method and matter of resolution by the lender.

If you have a Mac with QT7 you can view it is 960x540 resolution, which is better than TV resolution.

With regards to severing the agreement earlier than 30 days or not; it probably isn't worth the potential disagreement over one month's management fees, and absolutely isn't worth it if you end up needing to involve a lawyer to settle any dispute.

The problems that I dealt with during my first year as a landlord:Water pipe burst / total rehab of 1 unitPay-as-you-go general contractor that didn't finish the work on the unitMold / complaint filed with Health DepartmentCrack in foundation that let water come into 1 unit every time it rainedGot locked in to a below-market-rent section 8 rentalMarketing for vacant unitsTenant disputesSection 8 dispute (although in this case it earned me $1900 :mrgreen: )Fortunately I haven't had to deal with evictions yet, but I know they'll come in due time.

I have also heard that you can dispute this sort of thing and if the hospital (or whatever) dosen't cough up the info it gets erased from my history...