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All Forum Posts by: Benjamin Timmins

Benjamin Timmins has started 10 posts and replied 137 times.

Post: PC or Mac?

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

I used to use PCs. Won't touch one now due to that crap of an os called windows 8. If I wanted my computer to look and run like a tablet, Id buy a tablet.

I thought sellers paid closing costs, not purchasers?

Post: Would you pay 1 months rent to verify your tenant?

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

You can do that on your own for a lot cheaper.

Post: Can you add separate gas meters to a multi unit with boiler heat?

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

I don't think you can, but figured Id ask.

Post: Detroit: Buy Big or Go Home!

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

In most areas of Detroit, tearing down the properties is about all you can do with em.

Post: Third toilet in three months

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

Id send a notice letting them know if they do it again I would move to evict them.

Post: Experience removing an in ground oil tank

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

@Account Closed Oh and so you know, thats a $10,000 + fix.

Post: Experience removing an in ground oil tank

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

Thats major and expensive work. Definitely not worth it. @Joel Owens is right. Its a lot more than just the tank, it will also require getting rid of a lot of the soil. And the EPA will be a major pain to deal with. Plus it could be a lot more difficult to see once your done since you'll most like have to inform the purchaser that there had been a tank in the ground. 

And even if you do get it the tank out, clean the soil out, and get epa passed. Years down the road, if oil is detected in the ground, they could come back and seek damages against you.

NOT legal advice but I definitely wouldn't touch it.

Post: PC or Mac?

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

no quicken on Mac. I use excel instead. PC or  Mac will work fine.  I use Mac cause I do a lot of photo editing. 

Post: Section 8 - rent reduction?

Benjamin TimminsPosted
  • Real Estate Investor
  • Troy, MI
  • Posts 139
  • Votes 23

Yeah cause if the rent rates are above the average, you must be charging jacked up rents. ::rolls eyes::