Originally posted by David Robertson:I logged on to the HUD website, and apparently you can see what the net offer was that was accepted by HUD...Cool, I've never seen that...where specifically are you finding this information on their site?

thats really cool... so for 20k HELOC at 3.49 if you borrow the money for a year.. how much interest have you paid?

Probably because the heated and cooled sq ft didn't match up.The appraiser has to explain away any variation in their report.If you are nice with the inspector they will try to help and understand you are in a bad situation.If you unload on them because you were duped by the seller then they will throw the book at you.Think of this.Everyday they get people mad at them.When you come along and appreciate what they do and are nice it goes a really long way.Even if they are nasty to you be nice.They might have had a bad day and they will feel guilty later on and want to help you.I always try to live by my dad's saying.He told me to try to always "be nice and you will usually get more results with honey than vinegar".

One website that is pretty cool that you might want to check out is globalpropertyguide.com if you browse through the home page at the bottom they have a learning section with a lot of articles about how to speculate the market, which is how my friends dad did so well and the path I am trying to follow ex.

Some think the housing market may cool down, but so far the economy hasn't been hard hit like in the U.S. and people still have a positive outlook in Montreal.I feel that an investor would partially buy my house for the potential property appreciation and for a trouble free property.

Our website www.advancedheatingpdx.com has a great heating and cooling 101 page and our blog has tips and tricks as well.

@ Jeff- that is a super cool tip...

Nice and cool" inside, on those hot days, and "nice and toasty", on those cold days!

This may not be worthy of posting to some but I just had one of those, 'ahhh, this is pretty cool' moments.

So cool you're taking the steps.