All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

I've been brushing up on Fair Housing and I'm not sure about this distinction. I know the protected classes in my state and locality.

Say I have an open house for a few hours and when I'm done I have X online applications. Am I required to select the first applicant who meets my requirements (income + credit score) or can I select the applicant with the largest income / credit score?

My belief is that since size of income is not a protected class, I am allowed to select (discriminate) based on this information.

I don't think you can easily dismantle an HOA without owning the entire complex. Too much is shared between units.

I like the hands-off that HOA gives me. Yard, roof, siding... these are things I don't want to worry about. Insurance is less. Community rules make it easier for me to enforce them.

Bickering about rules is real. Someone will sit and stew about a rules violation that is relatively minor and finally make a big deal about it. You get in trouble for what your tenant is doing so it's a 4-way mess sometimes between you, tenant, HOA, and the complaining neighbor. Shared parking is a problem... someone will park a big truck and trailer in the way and take up 4 spaces.

Dues regularly increase for sure.  The management company has no incentive to keep them low and neither does the board.

I've liked it overall for low-cost condos in not-so-great areas. The HOA factor keeps things from degrading too much. Might be different in a better neighborhood.

If you could buy 51% of the units then you would have lots of control over the complex...?

Get clear information about how repairs are handled and where lines are drawn.

For example, fencing.... which fencing is HOA responsibility? What if a fence borders my unit AND the commons?

Which utilities are included?

Parking - is there enough to make it a good rental (3 bedroom with only 1 parking space sucks...)

HOA smoking and pet policy.

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Maybe HSA or ESA? I'm smiling as I type that, but if it's possible with an IRA...

That is an excellent list, thanks!

I have InstantPayments at work.  You can have the fees paid by either party and they do free custom web forms that will take eCheck, Credit and Debit. 

Jeff Golding (president of WilliamPaid) contacted me via email. I thought it worth mentioning that someone reached out to me from the company.

Ryan M. Google me and stop crapping in my thread.

Had a really bad experience. I work in InfoTech so I'm more than qualified to figure out a web service.

WilliamPaid.com

Difficult to setup
Tenant couldn't figure it out
Excessive bank verification
Confusing landlord portal
Hard for tenant to select the correct property

I wish I had used Rentmatic now, but the tenant is mad and will be sending those awful paper checks now. :(