His property manager is a joke, never saw the house before, did not have copies of our walkthrough whenw e moved in, to him it should be as if the house was just built, he bashed me and the house constantly, it pisses me off majorly to see him get away with this behavior to to make me out as so horrid to the land lord i NEVER had issues with for 4 years.

I know a lot of people her like Allure, I want to hear what can go wrong.This install is in a 3 floor stairwell where I'm planning on using aluminum nosing and quarter rounds to hold it on the treads and risers, and aluminum transition strips to end the hallway flooring short of the balusters.

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I'm working on a property that was a wrap round mortgage that went bad and ended up in foreclosure.

Doesn't happen often, but when it does you can get liens on solid properties for the full rate.3) Not much you can do other than drive by and go with Zillow or Trulia for some round about values.

Last year, 20,041 Detroit properties went to auction. 703 properties sold in the first round, and 11,831 sold in the second (county wide). 7,920 Detroit properties did not sell even for a minimum bid of $500."

Look for simple designs: square or rectangular footprint, 2 story, moderately pitched roof, bathrooms in close proximity to each other for reduced plumbing costs.Drive by one of the big nationwide builders and look at their house designs, lots of 2 story boxes with simple roof lines.The only new construction project I've been a part of consisted of a Victorian house with round rooms and roof lines.

Very true that most big ticket maintenance items are not a concern with a condo.

Too many get away with stuff like this.

Here's my goal: I'd like to get away from my desk job and make more money working for myself than I do now.