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All Forum Posts by: Kimberly H.

Kimberly H. has started 33 posts and replied 1041 times.

Post: craigslist scams - How to delete? and get them to help

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

Yes. You need to have your friends, family, whoever flag it. When Craigslist gets enough flags from enough different IP addresses, it gets removed automatically. You alone flagging and complaining to Craigslist does nothing. Watermarks help, but there are websites that autoremove watermarks from pictures now.

Post: Schizophrenic Previous Tenant Harrassing Me

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

Go to the police and ask for help. There is such a thing as phone harassment.

Post: Tenant screening isn't showing the true picture, what to do?

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

I have used three different background screening companies and they have all missed stuff I can find searching public court records myself.

Post: Applicant hiding fiance's burglary conviction

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

Call the personal references and ask who all is living together now. Found an omitted sex offender that way once.

Post: Ask Me Anything! Free legal advice

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594
Originally posted by @Scott Smith:

Hey @Pradeepan V.,

...form a Series LLC, then you could house both those properties under the same"parent" LLC as separate "child" series that would separate liability. The Series LLC is also a great tool because you are still working from a single EIN and can use a single bank account to operate those properties with the correct bookkeeping.

 Why have I been told by several different attorneys and NOLO that each llc "child" needs its own EIN and checking account? NOLO says, "To maintain the liability protection of each series it is important to treat each series as a separate company. This includes having a separate bank account, maintaining separate books and records, signing contracts using the name of the series" from https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-is-series-llc.html 

Post: Should i evict Tenant?

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

Serve the pay or quit notice if you haven't already, and if that time period expires without payment, start the eviction process. Legal ways to serve the pay or quit notice are very specific to whatever area a landlord is in; contact an eviction lawyer in your area to find out the legal ways to serve the pay or quit.

Post: Showing units without being present

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

There are systems like Showmojo and Tenant Turner that help facilitate showings without being present.

Post: Agentless Showings - Recommendation

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

@Jack Luzecky B class properties. 

Post: Agentless Showings - Recommendation

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

@Jack Luzecky We've used it for agentless showings with their Codebox so haven't run into that.

Post: Agentless Showings - Recommendation

Kimberly H.Posted
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Chicago Suburbs, IL
  • Posts 1,057
  • Votes 594

Been using Showmojo and are happy with it.