any time I have rented( very few) I have had a hard time getting any DD deposit back as the landlord needs to repair this or clean that, even when I was a resident manager of an ampartment building, they held money back when I moved out as the stove wasn't clean enough.

I worked with her in buying my first residence 10 years ago.

Don't make excuses like its to cold, to dark, your hungry...etc.

Would this be an investment, or a primary residence?

I reside in Maryland which has changed Foreclosure law for single family owners and owners with less than 5 units.

Are you looking to purchase this for your own residence or for an investment?

Believe me you will have "extra work" if you hold property in your own name and get sued - that extra work will include not owning a primary residence either because they will take that as well.

I currently reside in Kernersville, NC with my husband and son.

We are moving to a new state, and I just went up to look for properties as our personal residence.

The town probably has a population of 5k-7k and it's in rural PA but close enough to a 20k population town that suspect is where most of the residents work at.I feel like the media is trying to help kick start people into thinking the housing market is at it's bottom to get people buying again but the stats I get from my local Realtor on absorbtion rates, DOM, and prices says it's not near over yet.We also haven't seen the mass majority of the option arms begin to reset yet, that's another 2 years away until that wave gets here.