All Forum Posts by: Courtney Nguyen

 I sent the question to our banker yesterday and she still hasn't replied!  I hope if she doesn't know then at least she will get me to someone who has the answers.

Thanks!

 So the investors are from Vietnam.  They sent money here to buy real estate.  With the income we earn (already pay tax of course) from investing in real estate they now want to send some money back to them so they can invest in something else over there.

 I have 1 roofer but he is residential and only do roof replacement.  And his workers always cause damage to windows/screens so I am not so fond of him.  But I saw people on NextDoor are raving about this local family owned roofing company and they do both residential and commercial so I will call them shortly.

Thanks Jerry.

@Jerry V.

I wish you are here in H town.  Let me know when you do decide to open a division down here.  I manage quite a few on residential side too and always have the need for a good roofer.

Thanks for the advice.  I know what you mean about 'new construction' subs.  Been dealing with an issue caused by them!

Yes, Carlisle is the manufacturer of the roofing products/membrane.  And they require us to use an authorized applicator roofer when it comes to repairing/maintenance of the roof.  For roof leak, we report to them and they assign us with one of those 'authorized applicator roofers'.  That's what happened back in September.  But just like with those subs, the roofers they sent (and I requested 2 times and got 2 different roofers came) only climbed up there on the roof and looked from there and said nope, roof is good.  The issue is with poor installation of HVAC system.  Of course I had 2 HVAC guys came and both said it got nothing to do with the installation of HVAC!  None of those guys actually took the time to look and trace it from where the leak from the kitchen back to the source.  So just like you said.  I just reached out to a commercial construction guy and asked if he can come this weekend and take a good look from his standpoint and see if he can locate the source of the issue.  I wish you are here in Houston so I can ask you to come and take a good look.  We are willing to pay for an independent contractor to find the source of this issue so we can fix this for good. I just got an email from Calisle saying they just assigned us with a roofer and it's the same roofer they sent in September so I am sure the roofer will say the same thing again which is not good.  Do you know any good roofers in Houston you can recommend?

Thanks!

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Hi all,

Does anyone know what is the maximum amount we can transfer out of the US?  Do we need to report it?  Do we have to pay tax on it?

Thanks.

Hi BP,

Anybody can recommend a good commercial GC in the Houston area?  We had a roof leak back in September at our end cap unit which is a coffee shop (retails strip, 9 tenants, building is only 4 years old) and I reported it to our roof warranty company (Carlisle).  They sent a roofer and that man said roof is good, the issue was with poor installation of HVAC system.  I had an HVAC guy came and he said nothing is wrong with the HVAC system.  So I hired a commercial inspector to inspect the whole roof/hvac system and he said there is 1 boot over the unit that had the leak the AC drain was poking into the vent boot and that is a no no, and the seal was broken.  So I had both the roofer and the plumber guys came to replace the boot and redirected the AC drain pipe to a different route.  We thought that fixed the issue.  But no, over the weekend we had heavy rain and the coffee shop had a leak again, at the exact same spot!  So at this point I am not sure if it's a roof issue or something else.  I already reported the leak to roof warranty company (normally they send an 'authorized roofer' to come and look) but at the same time I feel like maybe I need a good GC who has good understanding of construction to come and look at this and find the source of the leak.  That's why I ask for recommendations of a good commercial GC.  Unless you guys think I need somebody else to at this.

Any tips/advice is greatly appreciated!  Thanks in advance.

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Post the sign! Will it be in the ROW or closer to the lot?

 Hi Ron,

I think we will want to post it as close to the road as possible so drivers can see.  And maybe something sturdy like a post like that yellow sign in the picture you posted?

Thanks.

 I will check ordinances, but I don't think you can do that high. Most people will do this type about 1-3' off the ground. 

https://amzn.to/3iu1jtd

 Thanks Ron!  Will order 2 of those and have them posted.

 Ron posted it below.  Thanks!

 Yes, it helps.  Thanks!