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All Forum Posts by: Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson has started 2 posts and replied 8 times.

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I had a brokerage drop me , because I didn't pay for nar, which is ridiculous, I signed up for My state MLS but now my license is inactive because I am dropped by the brokerage, how would one take care of this issue? aren't all brokerages have to be part of NAR?


Only about 60-70% of licensees are members of NAR. If you don't want to pay for NAR, you'll need to join a brokerage that is not a member. Most of the major residential brokerages are members. Of the top 100 or so largest brokerages in the country, just 1 that I know of is not a member.


How would one find which brokers which are not part of NAR?

 Start cold calling brokerages


I see, I guess that's the only way.
Quote from @Russell Brazil:
Quote from @Paul Johnson:

I had a brokerage drop me , because I didn't pay for nar, which is ridiculous, I signed up for My state MLS but now my license is inactive because I am dropped by the brokerage, how would one take care of this issue? aren't all brokerages have to be part of NAR?


Only about 60-70% of licensees are members of NAR. If you don't want to pay for NAR, you'll need to join a brokerage that is not a member. Most of the major residential brokerages are members. Of the top 100 or so largest brokerages in the country, just 1 that I know of is not a member.


How would one find which brokers which are not part of NAR?

I had a brokerage drop me , because I didn't pay for nar, which is ridiculous, I signed up for My state MLS but now my license is inactive because I am dropped by the brokerage, how would one take care of this issue? aren't all brokerages have to be part of NAR?

Originally posted by @John Thedford:

If you sent estimates and paid those actual expenses I would not worry about it. You DID mention paint though. So you should remember that reasonable wear and tear is NOT damages and may not be offset by the security deposit. If you sent estimates and did the work yourself--you owe that money to the tenants. I NEVER do any work myself for that reason. Sub it out--and charge for it.

It wasn't normal wear and tear, it was damage from table and chairs that left deep marks and had to have drywall fixed and then repainted, forgot to mention. Do I even have to provide my tenant list of my sub contractors? 

 In addition I also had to hire cleaners for like major cleaning , since the place that was handed to my tenants was super clean, and had bbq polished clean , yet I received it unclean, unwashed, technically I should be legally able to charge them for that, since the condition i received is not the same.

I have 5 students who's lease expired and they all moved out, upon inspection inside my rental home, I found damages, took photos of it. hired some contractors from thumbtack app and facebook locally to fix some major wall scuffing, repainting  and many more issues. 

I sent a certified letter within 15 calendar days notice of intention on the deposit with printed copy of estimates for the damages.  Tenant asking for photos and explanations on how I came to this conclusion, I will be sending photos , that is not an issue, but  am I required to give detailed explanation how I came to those estimates?


well that's unfortunate, I had no issues with airbnb till officer moved in. Looks like I will have to sell  the property and buy it somewhere next to a lake.

Thanks for the input

Correct, the issue isn't about HOA, they aren't very strict about this, the issue is with power tripping from the cop that moved recently and thinks he can act like a judge.

     So I have a neighbor who unfortunately happened to move into a corner lot circle across from my property, ever since he has moved he told my other neighbor who shared with me information that he is anti pro short term rentals. Today after 1 year long term lease  and renovations,


I had guests that were supposed to stay for 7 days. As they were waiting next to the house, this neighbor cop stopped right next to them and let them know that that airbnb is illegal in that area .The HOA doesn't allow short term rental, the city of Orlando,FL on the other hand allows 30+ days of rental, yet the cop acts like a judge and scares away potential costumers and causes loss of income to me. Anyone ever ran into something like this? I am considering taking legal action against him.