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A buddy of mine is having issues at his house. I am pretty handy, so he asked me to take a look. Basically, when he runs the washer and the dryer at the same time, the lights in the house will...

I am thinking similarly. I'll either do that or I will simply pay it. Ugh. This sucks.

I am now pretty certain that this is NOT a scam. The HOA is real and everyone else in my neighborhood pays dues.

In reviewing my closing documents, the HOA is not mentioned anywhere. I have my...

I am now paid in full according to both HOAs. I have paid, on time, the bills to the first HOA... and thus it's correct that my account is paid in full.

The second HOA, which I found out about on...

I have spoken to both the Collection Agency as well as the HOA. I will send the Collection Agency a validation letter soon (i.e. legally (stated in the letter), I have 30 days to do this... I might...

The neighbor is a member of the board of the association where I actually pay the dues, so he has no idea why I have never received a bill.

I spoke to other neighbors today (it's a nice day out......

In July 2013, I bought a house in Minnesota. I was told when I purchased the house that there was a home owner's association and that the fees were $120 per year. Since then, I have received...

I thought that I would post a follow-up to this, since I figured out the problem.

The power use was actually one of the wall heaters. It's a 1000-Watt heater (1 kW x 24 hours x 31 days = 744...

I asked about a 240 outlet because inexperienced people say, Oh you mean my range outlet? No, that is 120/240. I just rewired a 120/240 to a straight 240 and the person asked why I was putting in a...

I would purchase an Amprobe type Current Meter...

This is a helpful suggestion. Thanks.

Any signs of someone staying there?

There were no signs of anyone staying there. Nothing looked...

But also you didn't mention if you have a water heater that is electric? Sometimes they can cause unusual electric consumption. If you don't remember there being a breaker then turn it off and put...

I own a vacation property in northern Minnesota. Over the past 2 years, I have renovated it, almost completely... including a re-wiring of the kitchen and the bathroom. I installed electric heaters...

The City has been installed new water mains in 2010. There was survey work done then. They also did some survey work in 2011 (for a proposed fence).

This is the surveyor who revealed to me of...

This is the problem. The plat of survey was done about 100 years ago (1914 is my best guess) and about half of the markers are gone (including the Point of Origin) and the other half are...

I have been dealing with this problem for a few years on a property that I bought in 2010. In 2011, the City was interested in installing a fence on an adjacent property, so they had a survey done. ...

The Title Insurance policy was carefully written to exclude encroachments such as this.

The City's attitude has not changed -- they have always been uncooperative.

The new information... I...

In 2010, I bought a property that included a house and a detached garage.

There is some evidence that the garage is actually encroaching on City property by about 8 feet (I am being somewhat vague...

I apologize if you took my response to be anything other than appreciative.

I am now entering the "humor" phase of this situation. The City Council has a habit of essentially doing whatever they...

You are assuming far too much -- there is no established policy. They are literally making this up as they go along.

The email from the City clerk even went so far as to say (paraphrasing): the...

So, if I understand this correctly, you are saying that the City can only charge me $0.25 per page of information?

In my case, there was no construction permit filed... which means that there were...

You are correct; they do not have a full-time attorney. I also know that they are afraid to get their attorney involved, as he charges them for reading every e-mails that they send.

My final...

It's not Blaine, MN... it's a small town a couple of hours away.

I have already responded in a way that you suggested. The city clerk responded to my response, stating that the city council had...

The rate of charge is $92 per hour. This is a reasonable rate for a licensed professional engineer (I am one) doing engineering work, but I was charged 15 minutes for the original phone call taking...

I have a house in a small town of about 100 people. The prior owner of the house built a garage on the property, but I have since learned that it is likely that the garage was not built entirely on...

Thanks Mark!

Tim

I have decided that I need to re-route some water supply lines (currently copper) in our basement so that the pipes are no longer near the electrical panel.

I'm just looking for some opinions on...

My theory is that one of the students gave his file away to another student who gave it to another student... etc... etc... etc... The student with the wrong name in the properties was the only one...

I am a professor at a state university. Last spring semester, I caught two students cheating when they submitted approximately the same MS Excel file for a take-home exam. (note: no, these students...

I bought the property April 2010. There was no knowledge (by me) of either encroachment until January 2011, when a survey was performed by the City because they wanted to install a fence. The survey...

A couple of days ago, I asked a question about my garage, which I recently learned was only about 75% on my property, following a survey of the property...

No worries twinkie, I took Lisa's advice.

Thanks. I'm in the process of filing the Title Insurance claim.

I've talked to the folks at the County, who are responsible for keep the records for the property lines. The survey has been verified as correct. I am in the process of filing the title insurance...

I know you meant these as rhetorical questions, but could you help answer them? What do I ask for? How do I get the title company to pay for such an attorney?

A have a question and a comment... and a question from the comment.

Could my neighbor (whose driveway I own!) claim the adverse possession to keep his driveway on one side, while the city enforces...

In this case, the sketch is off by about 50 feet -- it's nowhere close to exact. The issue is not so much precisely where the property lines are (although admittedly, I'm not excited to own my...

I bought a property last year in central Minnesota (Crow Wing County). When I bought the property, I also bought title insurance, which included a plot map showing the approximate locations of the...

Thank you for the input. This is helpful -- you are largely confirming my opinion to start with gutters/downspouts and grading... I hadn't really thought of a sump/sump pump.

1. There are no...

I purchased a house in April 2010 that had (and still has) substantial "issues" of all varieties. This spring, I noticed that a reasonable amount of water leaks into the basement during the spring...

Thanks again for responding. I think that I am not giving you enough detail.

The circuit, as best as I can tell, feeds receptacles only, but includes:
(1) two receptacles in the master bath...

And... we just noticed that a half-bath on the main level is on the same circuit too. So, three bathrooms, a laundry (washing machine only), and a few receptacles in the basement.

Thanks for the advice and response!

Unfortunately/fortunately, my wife just discovered the solution to our problem. The three or so receptacles in the basement that were not working are connected...

Yesterday, my wife noticed that a half-sized refrigerator that we keep in our basement was no longer working. Upon further inspection, I noticed that a handful of electrical receptacles were not...

Thanks. I think that I figured this out.

I need to file a Schedule C related to profits from a business (i.e. business income). I also need to file a Schedule SE to pay self-employment taxes.

This year, I did some work for the National Science Foundation in which I was paid a flat fee for the work. The money that I was paid (total = $2480) was to cover all of my expenses plus some...

Thanks for the clarification. I missed the part about paying the sales tax in 2010 for a car purchased in 2009.

Yes, I am certain that I checked box 5a and not box 5b. I didn't catch this...

In December 2009, my wife and I purchased a new car that the dealer told us would qualify as a tax deduction.

So, in April 2010, we filed our 2009 taxes and claimed this on Schedule A as part of...

I added RV antifreeze to everything including the floor drain in the basement (except the toilet tank, which I mopped dry). I also drained the copper piping, followed by application with an air...

Thanks everyone!

You are correct that we just turned off the heat and walked out the door. I had never winterized a place before and I asked for advice and I did what I was told. I focused...

Thank you very much!