All Forum Posts by: Brian Varmuza

Does anyone know what would happen in Florida if you purchased a foreclosure property that has a federal tax lien filed after the lis pendens? Are you responsible to pay the tax like you would property tax?

Advantages are well worth it for the savings in my opinion. You get access to the MLS, you save tons of money on every deal instead of paying an agent. You can easily find 100% commission brokers for a small monthly fee and per transaction deal which is nothing considering the savings. Drawbacks are expenses before your first deal. Money for the course, license and Board fees. However you more then make up for that on the very first deal.

@J Scott How often would you have sellers wanting you to forfeit you commission as part of the deal on the buying side? 

Thats the only issue I've come across having my license, disclosing I am the buyer and the sellers will try to negotiate giving up the commission as part of the deal.

 Ok Ill be done with this one now but how is jacking it up considered jimmying it? Jacking it sure :) It is fixing it right. You are leveling it off and then supporting the void, or I guess this is being done poorly as well:

P.S. How do you propose to just move dirt under the low one? Last I checked you need to have empty space to fill something.

@Joe Splitrock In certain applications aggregate is used to add needed strength, in other uses like here it is mostly for cost savings. The exposed aggregate is not due to (most likely but could be wrong) the top worn layer but was the original look. Some times exposed aggregate is the intended look.

If it is worn then I would agree should be replaced, the only thought then would be the others are all in the same condition then it would stick out and no longer have a uniform look and still strong enough to be jacked up. For its intended purpose as a sidewalk it would still be plenty strong even in that condition.

Either way the poster has all the methods needed now to make a decision :)

@Joe Splitrock You do know they mix fillers to make it go a longer way. If he took a picture of the whole sidewalk all the pieces will look that way. It was mixed heavily with rock, the slabs aren’t cracked anywhere thus raising it back to height since the ground underneath washed out would fix it and done right.

@James Wise why replace it? The slab looks in good condition, it’s the ground underneath that isn’t. Are you saying if a light bulb goes out we should replace the whole fixture? When there is house foundation issues you replace the house? No they drill and add supports, same as what a $20 bottle jack will do in this case.

 Yea forgot to mention the 2x4s but its in the video, easy cheap fix just as OP was looking for that works. This keeps the uniform look, if you concrete on top of it you won't match the color and texture!

https://youtu.be/igZlPm93QRQ

You can get a small Bottle Jack, they cost 15-20 bucks. Dig a hole on the side of the slab and jack it up. Leave the jack in and bury it or fill will some concrete. A perfect example of this is:

There is a house scheduled for a foreclosure auction in Florida. The total foreclosure amount was 205k (including principal, interest and escrow). This is the 1st closing and there is no additional liens. The house was just listed on the MLS stating it is an approved short sale at 260k. Has anyone seen this and can explain how the short sale price is higher then the amount owed according to the Final Judgment?