The first thing you should do is change your spending habits and get those under control so you don't end up back in the same position. 

@Jeremy Swanson Unfortunately our education system isn't set up to breed successful real estate investors.

They may not be able to tell you if your particular property would qualify, but I would think at the very least that they could tell you if there are other properties in the system that also have tanks in the basement.

@Jason Payne agree with both Jacob and Jason, most of US books are excellent, especially for the systems, strategies and motivation they provide. 

Originally posted by @Andrew Angerer:I don't know if it's horrible, just a fact of the system.

For example, I thought that the larger firm would do a better job of tracking and responding to maintenance requests but there have been ones that fell through the cracks in their system.

That title company will have no issue with another title policy premium as their exposure is already thereTell the rep for Chronos that the title policy is in the file located within their P260 system

Personally I don't like the idea of condo investing as I am giving up some control the the condo association.

As a general contractor myself I would say screw that contractor and he can lose out on the money because hes the one that went over and couldn't control his own budget.

You also should factor in Capital Expenditures (Cap Ex) for the replacement of major systems.