All Forum Posts by: Levi T.

Based on your example, the OCC is getting an exemption from the law. While federal law won’t apply because of the exemption, local laws may be applied. If federal law said xyz can’t happen with OCC, then the state can’t override. Service/ESA is a good example of that as it’s a federal law that no one can override, however if someone has a class exemption written into the federal law, then the state could apply their own rules to that said class.

Federal law always overides local.. tho is recent years, some states seem to think otherwise.

While you can’t charge fees for Service/ESA, you can charge for damages. It’s not to much of a stretch to pre-price common pet damages into a damage addendum, such as scratches or holes in drywall or baseboard, flooring replacement, etc. if the addendum says they agree to pay for full house carpet replacement if the pet has urinated or damaged the carpet, then they have to pay you that agreed price, even if the damage is in only one room. Kinda solves the pet problem. None service/esa get pet rents and deposit, and all tenants get a pre-priced damage addendum.

Thanks. I’d never be heart broken over any real estate, I’d be more heart broken if I made a bad deal.

I made a offer, and after some back-and-forth we got it under contract. We will be closed in a few weeks. 👊

A lot of employers do this with employees, always going after the mistakes or problems that happen with a transaction. Famous saying is, it’s hard to find good help. 

It’s not that good help is hard to find, it’s just that people make mistakes. If you change your mindset from good help and perfect expectations, to people will make mistakes. Then start asking how can you help them avoid making these mistakes by building systems and processes when it happens, your people will be happier, like you more, work longer hours, and make less mistakes because you planned for it!

Ask nothing, make a friend. It’s the little things that are valuable, and those little things are not just one or two details, but millions of them that you only get from years of conversations that you get from being friends with someone. To be a millionaire is not a one trick pony to becoming rich.. It’s millions of layers of winning at a micro level that makes millionaires successful. 

Your starting your own business no matter how you look at it. So the first rule of business, and life for that matter is:  A business that is not growing, is going out of business.

Retirement is a dream. The driver to your end goal. However time you reach what you though was the end, it’s only the beginning. So keep growing, till your time has expired, and enjoy all the rewards that come with it.

I need some local expert input on the Tucson market.

I’m looking to buy a winter home in Tucson for my own personal use. The market looks like it’s gotten hot over the last year, but now prices are being slashed.

As I don’t know the market, It’s hard for me to know how far off I am from a deal vs a mistake.

Tax assessments have dropped by 1% in the last two years, just sitting at $458k on that front, sellers have slashed 27k off asking price this month which bring it to 650k asking, it’s in the Catalina foothills at 5735 E Calle Del Ciervo in Tucson. They started at 750k back in March of 2018, so it’s clear they are going to keep chopping till it’s sold. So that’s where it’s at, how far down should I be making an opening offers?

I kinda want to go to 550k, but that may be a little to steep as I don’t know where the floor really is for the Tucson market.

No one said anyone was screaming, yelling, or mad.. very much the opposite. Successful or not, it’s a 5 minute phone call that cost nothing to resolve the issue vs tossing in the towel. It works, and it works very well. If it don’t work, then do what you may in court or walk away. 

 Ummm yes. I spend around $60,000 each month in vendors doing work for me. I’m no small landlord, and the game never changes. Just last week I had someone in AZ think they would pull that stunt on me.  One short call later, where I spelled out what I was going to do to them in a court room, fix the problem like abracadabra. When your at the end of the road where court, or do nothing is left, these things work.

That don't matter, your playing poker.. Most people are ignorant of the laws on what you can, or can't do. They do know you can take them to court, they may know you can garnish their accounts or not to some level, and they may assume to infinity that you can inflict all sorts of financial pain, if you spell it out to them. It's about if he wants to lose a little money today, or lose a lot of money tomorrow.. His choice, get it to the finish line, or visit the court room.