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All Forum Posts by: Michael Fitts

Michael Fitts has started 3 posts and replied 8 times.

So here is my issue I have bought a house and need out of my lease not only because of buying a house but also because of the complete hassle I have been given.  The landlord just put the house up on the market and has informed me that they will be putting a lock box on the front door as well as will be showing it several time within the next few weeks alone on top of that a couple months ago I gave him my rent check on the 2nd beacuse the 1st was a holiday and the banks were not open he proceeded to hassle me and tell me that my rent check needed to be there before the first and am always afraid to do that simply because i feel he will cash it to soon he did that with my deposit cashed it 2 weeks before my lease started i guess that should have been a sign however i also was not told that in order to keep all rooms at a consistent temp of 65 I need to keep the thermostat at 75 please help  any way out or am I on the hook?

Is it legal in the state of Vermont to charge your tenant for the water and sewer bill if it is in the landlords name still on a normal lease?

Post: Rent to Own agreement proposal advise????

Michael FittsPosted
  • Property Manager
  • East Barre, VT
  • Posts 16
  • Votes 1

I was planning on staying in it for a couple years till I complete my credit rebuild as well as the house remodel then sell it

Post: Rent to Own agreement proposal advise????

Michael FittsPosted
  • Property Manager
  • East Barre, VT
  • Posts 16
  • Votes 1

@ tom s yes comps in the area are accually 145k @ john thank you for the heads up on the ins thing that makes sense 

Post: Rent to Own agreement proposal advise????

Michael FittsPosted
  • Property Manager
  • East Barre, VT
  • Posts 16
  • Votes 1

correct my uncle has the cash in order to pay for it then i will rent to own it from him

Post: Rent to Own agreement proposal advise????

Michael FittsPosted
  • Property Manager
  • East Barre, VT
  • Posts 16
  • Votes 1

the bank owns the property right now and that is what it is selling for and the 33% is because I plan on fixing it up during the time I'm there and selling it in a couple of years and not only will he make his original investment back but also 33% of the profit when I do sell it

Post: Rent to Own agreement proposal advise????

Michael FittsPosted
  • Property Manager
  • East Barre, VT
  • Posts 16
  • Votes 1

I currently have bad credit but make 100k a year and rent a house for 1450 a/mo.  I was originally thinking of flipping this house and had a couple investors semi lined up however in reviewing the house and going over all of this I was thinking that it would be a great first house for me for the next 2 years then buy a bigger one and sell this one so I put together this proposal to present to my uncle unless someone else has a better idea but I would love every ones thoughts on whether they think this would be a good deal for both the investor and myself????   Please help!!

Rent to Own Contract

Whereas, ___________________ (hereafter Renter) desires to possess and have the use of certain property owned by ____________________ (hereafter Owner) and described in Attachment A, and

Whereas, the parties have agreed that Renter shall take possession of the property on MM/DD/YYY and have the use of the property until this agreement is terminated, and

Whereas, Renter and Owner intend that ownership of the property shall transfer to Renter upon the full completion of this agreement,

Now, therefore, the parties agree as follows:

Renter shall pay Owner the sum of $800.00 on MM/DD/YYYY and the same sum on the 1st day of each month for rental of the property.

If payment is late by more than three days, a late fee of $50.00 shall be due immediately from Renter.

The parties agree that the purchase price of the property is $25,000.00

The parties agree that $500.00 of each month's rent payment shall be applied towards purchase of the property.

The parties agree that ownership of the property shall transfer to Renter upon Renter's completion of 50 payments as described above. If balance is paid off sooner then 50 payments renter agrees to pay a pre-payment penalty of $2,500.00 to be added to the remaining balance of said purchase price.

The parties agree that if Renter fails to complete the contemplated purchase of the property for any reason, no refunds or credits shall be due to Renter.

Renter shall maintain the property, at Renter's expense, in clean, good working order.

Renter shall pay all property tax’s as well as all other expenses associated as if the property was in there name.

Renter shall indemnify and hold harmless Owner against any and all claims, damages, or actions arising from Renter's possession or use of the property.

If Renter fails to make a payment within 15 days of its due date, Renter agrees to surrender the property to Owner upon the Owner's demand.

If Renter fails to make a payment within 15 days of its due date, Renter agrees that Owner shall have the right to enter Renter's property for the purpose of taking possession of the rented property.

If after completion of this agreement renter sells said property 33% of total sale price will be paid to owner ( ).

Renter agrees to make and pay for all necessary repairs needed to include but not limited to, roof repair, plumbing repair, painting, heating system and kitchen remodel within a 12 month period or renter agrees to forfeit property back to owner with no refunds of and money paid thus far.

In witness to their agreement to the terms of this contract, the parties affix their signatures below:

_________________________________ _________________________________

Owner, signature & date

Address___________________________

City, state, ZIP _____________________

_________________________________ _________________________________

Renter, signature & date

Address_____________________________

City, state, ZIP________________________ Notary Signature :

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_____________________________

Post: Hello from Vermont!

Michael FittsPosted
  • Property Manager
  • East Barre, VT
  • Posts 16
  • Votes 1

My self and my fiancé have recently been seriously thinking about flipping houses as well as getting into rental properties.  My background has been split between two professions, one being sales to include everything from automotive sales to appliance sales and everything in between however never houses, second has been property management taking care of rentals managing a small flooring and painting crew and even working at a boarding house.   Within these two very crazy fields I have picked up so much knowledge needed in order to make a profitable business out of the ever rising real estate market.  The icing on the top of this perfect combo is my better half's business management background.

The one thing that I am still a little unclear of if the money portion... I see all of this talk about investors and have found some killer properties in my local area yet am finding my credit and lack of funds to get me no where and am unsure of how to get connected to the right people in order to get started.  If anyone has any sound advise as to help me down the right path I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for your time...

      Mike & Shelby