Have you verified that info with the city?

If licensed contractors are required, verify licenses.

It looks like our solution will be to purchase a used but relatively new furnace + AC from someone on craigslist and then have our contractor install them after verifying our fit.

I will 1. determine if Obama's second wave of housing programs relieves my negative equity (within the next 90 days details will be public enough to understand/verify)2. pursue the best avenue to default on the 2nd lien and have it removed from the home's debt (upon determining that no program will help reduce principal for me, whihc is my prediction, due to the fact that, technically, I CAN pay, and others, who can not, will come first, understandably) 3. continue work on packaging consultant services and creating unique materials to support those services that produce minimal additonal income now and yet pave expanded professional earning and freedom opportunities for the future4. complete my doctoral degree to enhance cerdibility in my field and improve marketability of consultanc in futureI have written similar question/posts before but they were not titled "Wisdom" reading other posts on this forum made me think of that title - hmmmm...you DO "get what you ask for" after all.

For the COA/HOA to be able that statue it needs to be recorded with the city so you can verify that.

Make sure to review leases and such, actually your contract may want to read that you have an inspection period to verify all information under which you can cencel the deal if something he told you was a lie or didnt fit with your investing strategy.

The obvious sort of things such has square footage, bedrooms, baths, basements, etc… Then I check public records to determine when the property was purchased and assume that the last major rehab was done at this particular time.Then I determine market rent for these comparables using the MLS or other rental websites such as Hotpads (I have no relation with this company) Calling on some to verify they have been rented and that my data is current and accurate.

Get a credit report, verify employment, assets, income and liabilities.

I did try to verify with snopes.

Also, where you are adding these costs to - to the equity portion?