All Forum Posts by: Corey Han

I had a contractor screw up everything possible with a job. He built a pergola so hidious you would not believe it if you saw it. I told him what I wanted, and he completely drove my idea off the side of the road. Imagine 1x6 spanned 12 feet with nothing in the middle to support it. These geniuses thought if they simply put it at an angle the wood support it's own weight. These boards are litterally 6 feet off the ground now, vs 9 feet the day they finished. I told him that would not work, and he told me he wasn't finished, and that he would be back. That was 2019. The beauty of this is he was parked my lawn with his business name on his truck, standing there when a Google maps car drove by a snapped the perfect picture of him working on it. Thats perfect addition to his reviews. 

Other things he did.

1) did not put a spacer between cabinets, so if I fix that the granite countertop slab gets tossed because the measurments changed and it will be shorter than the cabinets.

2) He tried removing a rusted shut 70 year old clean-out drain cap, and caused it to pop off (under pressure) and flood under the cabinets. He assumed it was obsolete since a new cleanout was put outside, but both are connected. All he had to do was measure and cut a hole (which he ended up doing anyway) like it's done with all plumbing when installing cabinets.

3) needed to add power the new ceiling lights in the kitchen, so the geniuses removed the dedicated computer outlet, rerouted the computer outlet to an old fuse box that supplies 1/2 the power to the house (don't ask me why, I moved into the house with1/2 fuse 1/2 circuit panel). They removed dedicated circuit to the kitchen and moved that to the same outlet in the bedroom, so now my kitchen and bedroom are both on the same fuse on the panel. They essentially inscreased my house to catch fire expodentially. MORONS!

4) No underlayment for the flooring in the kitchen, and the thin floor tile needs to be trashed and the whole thing re-done

The only thing this contractor seemed to be experienced at is framing, drywall and painting. I'm not impressed with the texture. Oh, and taking cigarette breaks.

I also paid them close to 30K. I will never hire again like this with referals from firends, who are clueless. Some people want to be the guy that knows everyone, when they don't.. When I told this "friend" what they did, he quickly backpeddled and distanced himself from him.

Sitting here wondering why Land Academy never called with their 10:30am appt to speak with a representative about their course. It's now 11:30 am and we are in the same city. Imagine if you had an issue you need help with? I would look back to this day and judge it from there.

By the way, I am vetting all courses and Land Academy is one of the last ones before I make my choice. So far it's a huge negative, and I will probably be going with Land Geeks or RETipster.

Hello,

My dad passed in Sept 2019. He left of all an even  split of 25% in his will and it said all assets to be distributed within 2 years. there were 5 properties, one of them being a 5 plex - then a childhood family 4 bed 2 bath - A 3 bed 2 bath - and a 2 bed 1 bath - The 3 bed 2 bath my dad was living has been sold a year ago.

The first two properties apply most at this point. There is competition between me and my older brother for the 5 plex. Since he is the executor he has the power to make all the discussions and so far some a very questionable since he's not being transparent. I also expressed interest in the 3 bed 2 bath and the Childhood home 4 bed 2 bath, but since the 5 plex is commercial I don't think I can qualify for all 3. Which leaves me out of the picture on the residential properties, unless we bid on the 5 plex first and I lose and move to the houses.

This is where my younger brother comes into the picture (who is allied with my older brother against me and my older sister). So, in march 2021, my older brother announced the sale of the childhood home to my younger brother for 308k without announcing it was up for sale, not allowing my sister or I to bid. My younger brother had it guesstimated by a realtor at 315k and my older brother had it guesstimated by his realtor at 300K, so they split it in the middle at 308K. Then my older brother gave my younger a perk of 3% discount to save on realtors fees and closing costs. We all know in this market or in March 2021 there were a shortage of properties and people were giving 20k over list price, and no buyer kickbacks.

I asked my older brother numerous times where the appraisal was and he gave no reply. My younger brother was quite mad and sent me some angry text messages for hiring an attorney to stop the sale of the house. He also mentioned in texts that realtors and an inspector came to that conclusion in price.

On the 5plex we discovered that 2 tenants and been kicked out and the 2 units had been completely remolded in Sale condition not a Rental remodel, both listed and rented thru zillow. I believe this was done to keep me in the dark and he would comfortably outbid me hoping I would take that inspection and 15 month old appraisal of 650K at face value. Since the 2 units were remodeled at what appears to be over 100k spent, the new appraisal came in at 750k. Basically my older brother is using estate money to remodel the 5 plex he is determined to get. It's definitely appearing not to be a good investment of estate money.

Since my brothers attorney has been informed of our discovery, magically recent appraisals have been presented and an appraisal for the childhood home has been presented dating back to Jan 2021, but nothing said in the appraisal that is was done in January. Date report signed 7-28-21, date of inspection 1-21-21, Expiration date of license or certification 10-31-22 (probably the appraisers license)

The executor included appraisal on every correspondence for every property, except the childhood home.

Is there any legal recourse I have if this appraiser is doing something shady?






 

Same with auto. It seem like there is no auction if they set the minimum bid is a few hundred dollars below Kelly Blue Book. They even list the estimated cost of repairs. Most around $500 and those are auto body not hidden repairs. I'm sure these vehicles have been well maintained and may be a wise choice for a personal vehicle, but not to buy and sell.

Thanks, I will check it out. I did find out with Android you must download it to your computers, then plug and send the file to your phone. Go to file, select podcast, then chose which audio player you want.

I would like to start listening to BP on my android or another suggested device while working out at the gym or during my off time. At the moment I only have an Android. I have never owned an MP3 or Ipod or anything like that so I'm unfamiliar with them. Is there an app for this for a Droid? I just installed Synctunes and searched for "biggerpockets" but nothing came up. What would the best route for this be? Thanks.