Could you imagine hiring a lawyer, and having them only tell you bits and pieces of important information on a case.

If you have little time now, imagine what you would do if you owned a rental that had issues going on, maybe a tenant eviction, and the R.E. bills but no income from it.

Peter,You can call the Cobb County Development Office to ask if they have the CO on file -- http://comdev.cobbcountyga.gov/inspections.htm.Unless the property was flooded or in need of major repairs (it doesn't look like either from the pictures), I can't imagine that you'll need to get a new CO.

I would imagine I would not need it until I closed but I am just curious as to the timing.

Would hate to imagine what might happen if it crashes =) while running a windows 7 OS

Can you imagine the chaos.

Joel - as I can imagine, you drive a lot.

Imagine all the grocery stores that would miss out on tailgate food, clothing retailers of apparel, bars that have specials on Monday nights!

Originally posted by Jake Kucheck: Now if the HOA were to start negotiating on mere delinquencies, I would agree with you 100%.In theory, I completely agree...The problem comes down to whether or not the members of the HOA (the homeowners) would have to -- or even have the option to -- vote on the decision to reduce the fees.If the homeowners got wind of the fact that they could appeal to the board and potentially get a hardship reduction in HOA payments, you could imagine a large group of homeowners banding together to request (and then vote in favor of) these hardship reductions.On what grounds could the board consider your particular situation (your short sale house) without considering every other request they get from a homeowner who claims to be in financial straits?

more than $1500, i'd imagine.