I settled on a condo unit for a few reasons: in my target town, an affluent college town, I cannot afford a house that would be a nice enough neighborhood to attract the type of tenant I want.

I think you're right that 3 probably won't affect credit.Anyone get loans often have any more input on pulling your credit and applying for multiple loansAnyone know about commercial loans too?

Be warned, short sales are a total PITA and often can take 6+ months to close (if they even close at all).

They can often provide loans that larger banks are not able to, but many people do not talk to them first.

I come up that way quite often, maybe we will cross paths one day

Once the stay is lifted and the property is out of the bankruptcy proceedings it just goes into the foreclosure proceedings which more often than not end up as short sale.

Which is what she has offered since I have been the one to answer her questions, and she often times just vents which I completely understand.

I'm asking because 'assessed value' often has very little to do with the 'appraised value' of a property?

I own an environmental consulting, and we often help people with mold.

Anyone who believes that isn't aware of how agencies work and how many firewalls there are between such agencies and political influence, in fact, it is illegal to attempt to influence any agency official in the performance of duties....guess most here can't remember Nixon.The rate dropped THREE TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT which happens often and SIX TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, which AVERAGES TWO TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT.