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All Forum Posts by: Account Closed

Account Closed has started 3 posts and replied 161 times.

Post: What is Unclaimed Property?

Account ClosedPosted
  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

@Lisa Miller

You said: " Usually the area is already fenced and being used, tax free. I have an eleven foot wide strip over 300 feet long on one side of my land, "

I bought a property in an area that was a town around the civil war

this prop at first glance looked a little large for its size ,but it was all fenced with chain link .

I liked that it had a new well house to match the new deep well.

From the civil war to present they had moved the road quite a bit and the new well and all the fence along road wasn't exactly mine. :) and a 50 ft strip down one side wasn't either. :)

Post: What is Unclaimed Property?

Account ClosedPosted
  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

once the stump rots or someone moved the big rock

Post: What is Unclaimed Property?

Account ClosedPosted
  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

@Jay Hinrichs

Sounds crazy but its the truth.

All of Oklahoma was Indian territory and it became a state in 1907

I know of two areas I was looking in a few years ago I was shocked to find that the newest plat is from 1907 :) and there were Indian allotments for the two different tribes in that county some of the boundry lines are blurred

So the county's map shows those on the tax roll, then some of the church land is a blank ,some of the gov land is a blank on the map

some of the map is marked as Indian land,and some is blank that may be Indian land .

But they are unsure which tribe because of a river and creek that moved over time.

And back in the day ,some tribal members sold land off in bits and pieces to someone not indian (before you had to go to the federal court to transfer)

I would guess some didn't want it on the tax rolls(why pay taxes on it?)

So it was took off the Indian land and never put on tax roll

I don't really know how often this happened

So some of the land may not show up anywhere :)

Post: What is Unclaimed Property?

Account ClosedPosted
  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

I thought a little about actual unclaimed land .

Where could it be ? ,maybe along the borders of two states or country's there are little sections where it's not sure who controls it. one instance would be where a river was the boundary but over the years it moved

Or here in Oklahoma I own a few acres in one county and there is a section of land between me and a neighbor both our property's have been surveyed so we know its there and also know of others just like it

Its never been on the tax roll and its not claimed by a tribe as Indian land

I guess it would be called abandoned land

And someone could use The Law of Adverse Possession

Post: What is Unclaimed Property?

Account ClosedPosted
  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

@Dante Nava

Are you talking about something like this? When you click a county at bottom of page it shows the lists. With two addresses

http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/OCO/Clerk/Escheats.asp

Its not actual land type property. usually it's money in some form like tax refunds or shares of stock ,insurance check ,something owed to someone

Post: Can "having a job" be part of your tenant screening criteria?

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  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

I would think anyone on disability has you on discrimination

Federal law protects disabled tenants after they have moved into a rental unit as well as during the application process

Post: Does Your Boss/Co-Workers Know About Your Real Estate Business?

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  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

Company I was employed at once told me it was a conflict of interest. Silly me I had forgotten the Job was 24/7

Post: Rents under $600/mo and poverty

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  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

At least half of mine ride the poverty line.

The farther away from the bigger city's in the small towns ,rural areas around here rent is a lot cheaper. Some places it's half of what I would get in OKC or Tulsa

I have three or four who choose to live next door or near family and could buy their own homes but rent.

One spends at least half her income on clothing ,she rents a two bedroom

Needed one bedroom for closet.

Some are renting cheap to save more or pay off debt

All the new impressive toys and sweet vehicles are more important to some.

@Bryan L.

You said. "My dad has told me stories of his mother stuffing used newspapers in the cracks of the walls in the house to keep the snow from blowing in".

I heard about the same only "The cracks in the wall were big enough to throw the baby through!"

Post: Do you disclose yourself as the owner when showing a rental?

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  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

I will tell the truth its easy to check

I have several tenants who insist I work for someone as the maintenance man ,and one asked two or three times to check if the owner needs extra help part time ((He works four days a week) lol

(Guess he thinks I'm to slow)

When asked who I work for "I say myself ."

Post: experience

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  • SFR Investor
  • Stillwater, OK
  • Posts 168
  • Votes 37

If I would have found BP before I jumped in And I never asked any questions , just did some reading

Maybe a search for anything I wondered about It would have saved me some stress and money!

In can cost to jump into things winging it.

The people here will try to answer your questions and offer solutions many have lots experience

so far I haven't had any one say "The answer will cost you X amount"