All Forum Posts by: Jay Orlauski

Originally posted by Charles Perkins:

Originally posted by Jayme Tlaloc:

thanks for the information... she would break the tape.. she is coming to the property to remove personal items each day.. though all her large items are gone. Since she is no longer actually living there - does that constitute 'abandonment?'

Like Jon said, I would talk to a lawyer here. If they are regularly visiting the property to pickup personal items and clean then it might not be considered abandoned. Washington like California is very tenant friendly and in Washington this probably would not meet the legal definition of abandonment.

yes... unfortunately I will seek the advice of an attorney. Thanks again for all the input.

thanks for the information... she would break the tape.. she is coming to the property to remove personal items each day.. though all her large items are gone. Since she is no longer actually living there - does that constitute 'abandonment?'

Hello, I have a tenant who moved out most of the furniture, including beds , couches etc. tenant has not paid rent in a month - using her 'deposit' she says to cover her last months rent. She has already recieved a 3 day notice to vacate last month. She personally told me that she has found a new place, but said she wont get me the keys till the end of the month. It is now the end of the month. As far as abandonment is concerned - if she told me that she found a new place ( but did not specifically specify that she was moved into it) - is that the same as saying " i will not be back" even if she has left personal possessions such vacume cleaner, coffee pot, several photographs still pinned to the wall and nick knacs about the house. I personally saw her move furniture out of the unit and my neighbors have reported her collecting smaller items and is no longer staying there overnight. It may sound cut and dry to some more experienced here , but I want to be sure to tread lightly and do it correctly - it seems like she has abandoned the place but is using it as convenient storage while she takes her time moving stuff out.

QUESTION: can I change the locks and store her stuff - and take over the property?

Originally posted by arbitrage6:

Jayme Jayme Jayme,

your going to tell me that some one who is has a max of 500 dollars of investabale assets is best suited in the stock market

I never said that. My only point was ( since he was asking about the stock market) was that $500 is not too little to start with. We all have to start somewhere. As a financial planner , I helped many people get on the road to investing by starting with amounts that small and sometimes even less.

Originally posted by Max I:

For some reason I thought OP was just being sarcastic. May be I am wrong

lol.. I thought the same thing too

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Originally posted by Will Barnard:

Also, one of the greatest benefits of BP Nation is the fact that you can get real answers (you may not like the answer) but at least you don't get smoke blown up your azz. This will not change as we all believe the trusth should be spoken here.

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this makes me happy.. I know sometimes I need a little reality slap sans azz smoke

so first .. we have this shooting in AZ which has nothing to do with political rhetoric, suddenly the entire media is telling everyone to tone it down, etc. etc. it's all the place over - lets use softer language , blah , blah blah.. .. and now i come to my favorite real estate web site and find that the mentality has permeated ever deeper. Now we should wear kids gloves in BP too...

anyhow , I'm all for treating newer members with respect and answering questions without being condescending .. I'm just wondering if this collective consciousness that has taken over the media is not seeping into BP next. I have never really seen a new member get battered by senior member of the site and seems to me that people have been good at policing theme selves already.

I see no need to put everyone into a panic alert looking for members to "turn in" if we think they may be harsh - perhaps more individual discussion with members would be the key here.

I love this site, and I love the info I get from it. I would just hate to see it eroded away into something that requires members to hold back for fear that what they are saying will be censored.

ok.. putting hand up to face to help shield off the coming attacks......

Originally posted by BryanA:

if i did stocks, i prob woulda dumped money into BP right after the spill...they will rebound

yes, actually - it was a very good idea. about 30% worth of good dea , and my first though / action when I heard about the spill.. BUY!!!!!! so glad i did .. all those crazy looks I got from people atthe height of it was priceless.. :)

everyone is telling this guy that $500 is too little to start with and would just like to say 'not true" and shame on you for trying to discourage someone. I started with less than that , kept adding to it, and within a few short years I was buying my first rental property with the earning from it. Granted , today is a little different environment , but the fundamentals are still the same.

I typically watch for great companies and then wait for them to have a major PR nightmare , light McDonald getting sued, the feds going after MS, BP oil spill, PGE gping BK and selling at .10 / share ( now at $46 / share) .. all of these are opportunities to put your money to work. Great companies with solid earnings simply have small stock price setbacks because of the hive mind mentality of investors who freak out over the smallest bad new. usually bad news for big companies is good news for me. Thats when the good stuff goes on sale!

that being said - yes $500 is not a lot to start with , but if you put it in the right places, it can grow, and THAT can be leveraged for another investment.