All Forum Posts by: Rick F.

Hello there,

Summary: HOA charging for cars parked on tight street, wrong side of curb across from my property. Tenant is implicated by the HOA and warned verbally 3 times (as is required by the HOA CC&Rs) then fined. Fine must be paid by us as homeowner/landlord. Tenant admitted but then later denies the violation - claiming it was other's cars. Upon second violation, tenant talked to HOA rep directly and learned that HOA would not talk to him, it's on the landlord to resolve.

Any advice in cases like this one?  It feels like multiple wrongs:

1. HOA tried to enforce violation on city street parking to the homeowners.

2. Tenant violates parking multiple times, at first pays - now refuses.

Thoughts/advice?

Thanks,

 Thanks Jason!  I appreciate any guidance on option #1  I also found that the big insurance companies don't like the idea of non-occupied.

 Thank you John, sounds good and agreed with your first point (sounds like your luck matches my own - aka BETTER GET INSURANCE :)

Hello all,

We have just begun to delve into repairing and flipping properties.  We have one underway in GA and  our flip is in process already and we do not have sufficient insurance in place.

So: I have three questions -
1) short term, what types (e.g. build/hazard etc.) of insurance for this specific flip should i get in place ASAP?

2) Does anyone have specific recommendations on what company to deal with to get the policies?

3 longer term, we're using an LLC to purchase/own the properties, how should we structure the insurance etc?

I'd love to hear from our experienced community on any of thesethanks!

-Rick Forand @Portland, OR

@Scott Dorsett

Hey Scott,

Welcome!  I was born in Jacksonville Florida though I am many years departed.  Cool to see your story, i look forward to seeing your discussions here on RE.

-Rick Forand.

Hello all,

We recently purchased and rented out a town-home, and discovered that after the tenant had moved in, signed lease - that although we had cleaned the place (basic carpet, windows, walls, counters etc.) we didn't know the prior owner had pets (apparently).  The new tenant found pet hair (dog), and their child was allergic - so they requested we replace the carpet (or deep clean). 

Since we didn't explicitly call out our definition of "clean" in our lease, and we didn't know the full prior history, to retain our tenant, we agreed to address the issue.

So I wanted to ask here, how do you define a clean unit - like are things like window hangings, area behind appliances included?  Also on the pet thing, even if we do not explicitly sign-off on tenants having pets, sometimes visitors (even tenants) can bring animals in without us knowing 100% there haven't been any.

Thanks for your advice,

-Rick.

Thank you Charlie its good to be aboard.

-Rick.

Hi all,

I am a property investor/landlord in Oregon with 4-5 rental properties to create cash flow now, and into retirement.

-Rick.