All Forum Posts by: Mak K.

 Secrion8 says you cannot charge more than rent specified. But all tenants I come across say they pay extra. How do landlord bypass this? Double lease or renting appliances or promissory notes or what?

 so how does the split payment lease work? In houston housing makes you sign you are not going to take any other payment from tenant. But at the same time I hear from agents and section8 tenants they pay the difference. I have heard from few tenants that during their tenant onboarding they clearly mention tenants can pay the difference but when it comes to landlord they state something else. I think the issue comes is most of the tenant state they have $0 income but they have side income. So if your lease is above the limit, there is conflicting information. ( no income for housing paperwork, but tenant is ok paying more?)

So did you hire a PA? Also besides PA fees what other fees did they charge you?

what is your guys take on hiring Public adjusters to increase amount of claim? Is it worth it? How true are public adjusters since they say or advertise they will inflate it to 80k but once you hire them ends up at not much money but their fees and associated business fees?

How did you find out how agent messed it up? Just curious.

For Texas/Houston. I already have initial settlement amounts from the insurance. I feel there is some areas where insurance is short. I am looking for a Public Adjuster but wanted to know about the fees per Texas law. So for example, if I am already getting $10K settlement check, I would like to hire a PA for additional claims. But it does not make sense for me to pay PA a fee on the amount $10K. It has to be on the new money correct?

Is 10% a good fair fee. I had a PA tell me 20% on new money.

Note- I have 5-6 properties for roofing claims I can hire him for.

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Texas- Houston.

I had a roof claim which got denied 2 years back for no solid reason. We had to hire a lawyer and its under negotiations with lawyers. Houston had another hurricane 2024 and result was more damage to the roof and more damages.  Would it be a good idea to file the claim with the new insurance company for the roof?  If they pay, I would not even care about the first claim?  Will the new claim put this into another mess? The first lawyers working are just not serious and do not care about the case but money in their pocket. The result of lasuit looks like $3k in my pocket if I settle.  Should I put the new claim and try to get full amount from new insurance??

I have a remodeling company and am a contractor. I have 6 properties coming up for Roof replacement thru insurance. Can I myself have my team do the work and then bill the insurance under my company name? Or even I can sub contract work out to other companies and bill it via my own company name. This will allow me to have better deals and can profit on the work as a contractor.

Are their any clause which prevent this?

I have 6 properties which got hit by the storm in Houston. My deductibles are $6K range and all properties are 2005+ build, 2000 SF +/- double story.

Location Houston TX

This is my first time working with insurance as well as roofing company. How do I negotiate with roofers. Also how do I make sure all secondary damage such as gutters, siding, windows etc are covered and accounted in insurance claim. What would be the best strategy? Tips/advice/lessons learnt?