& Keith BartonAbsolutely agree.Separation is good.Co-mingling is bad, whether its money, insurance or any other connection between the individual and the LLCSingle member, or spousal multi-member, particularly disregarded for Federal income tax are more vulnerable than multi-member LLCs with non-spousal members.

Was there a lot of resistance or red tape from the tax assessor's office or whoever handles refunding the overages, or did a government agent start investigating you as potentially gaming the system?  

government issue liens stays.  

Nashville has a metropolitan government which I also perceive as a positive. 

It appraised for $110,000 there is a $40,900 balance on the mortgage with a $36,300 "Forgivable Loan" from the Federal Government.

As long as politicians are allowed to be wooed by lobbyists and as long as they're allowed to own large stakes in companies that receive large government contracts, politicians will just continue to make themselves, their families and their friends rich...While many politicians on both sides of the aisle do it (including most likely our current and previous Presidents), the most obvious example I can think of is Cheney and his ties to Halliburton.

While some real estate law is federal, much of it is state, county, or municipal.

Be thorough, be patient, and understand it's a government institution so things may take a while. 

While section 8 is a federal program Lcoal jurisdictions run the program and they are not all run the same.

Yeah, to get in good and know the properties that have coding violations, you should be very familiar with the "vip" people in your local government.