I should have had an inspection done myself, but with the elec. power turned off I didn't think it would reveal anything I couldn't see already.

A private suit, not the DA, is the most efficient way to get the money back, although I would pursue both civil and criminal avenues.

Buying a house with tenant to evict gives you a huge negotiating power with the seller.

When I encourage people to bike for this reason I point to a recent example of how this proved powerful to me:I had a friend that just didn't understand why I bought a property in the neighborhood that I bought in.  

I was just wondering if it is common that people get their neighbors to vote to change rules, or does the HOA just have absolute power in these situations no matter how the tenants feel?

I drive between sunrise and power inn (locally) every day for work and I can't tell you how many MHPs I have discovered because I got interested in the niche.

Your mind is powerful because you are obviously very intelligent, but with a powerful mind such as yours you, if you try hard enough, can convince yourself of anything - even of paying more than you know you should.

Please correct me if I'm wrong or a better more efficient way to do this.Using above example:Purchase Price = $22,900 Gross Payments (annual) = $3,516 Annual Servicing Fee = $180 Net Payments (annual) = $3,336 Payment Yield = (3,336/22,900) = 14.57% Life Time Payments = $104,601 Life Time Service Fee = $5,355 Life Time Net Payment = $99,246$99,246 - $22,900 = $76,346 actual profit over life of loanSo taking $76,346 and dividing over 357 periods we get $213.85$213.85 x 12 months = $2,566.25 per year total PROFIT return.

I guess what I would like to know is...what's the best way to tackle this and maximize borrowing power.

This stems off a question I asked the other day and got some great answers.I'm wondering what the (LA County) costs and process might look like for all of the permitting, creating a new street address, new water, new waste, new power lines, and having a driveway carved into the curb.When doing these things with the City/County - Do they take many months to make happen?