All Forum Posts by: Marshall Hooper

What's the zip? If it's north of the river, be careful

Originally posted by @Michael Quarles:

Calltext.com.... what area code do you need a number in

 713

Google is pretty short on numbers right now. I can't find anything in the state of Texas. 

Are there any other Google Voice alternatives that others like?

If any of you know of these kind of activity going on in your own markets and would like to report it anonymously, I can put you in touch with the author of this article. He's a friend of mine and is looking for more stories like this. 

They are a scam construction company. They bash flippers on their website, but they are doing the exact same thing. But instead of making their money AFTER they take the risk of doing the repairs at their costs and then selling the house hoping there is something leftover, they overcharge the seller for the repairs and make their margin on the spread between what they charge the seller and what they actually do it for. 

I’ve got several FB friends posting about how Keller Williams is about to disrupt the industry. And Gary Keller was quoted at Inman Connect as saying they are moving from a real estate company and into a tech company. Does anyone have the low-down on what’s going on with them and why their agents are so bullish on it?

Value-add investors getting busted for fudging the numbers.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-pursues-one-of-the-biggest-mortgage-fraud-probes-since-the-financial-crisis-1534357872

I told them I was going to consult with an attorney and they wrote back immediately saying they would do the work at no charge. I guess I'm still on the hook for the floor repair though. 

We remodeled a home and have been living in it. In Feb. 2016, we paid a foundation company $6000 to level the home. They put piers on the outside of the home, but not the inside and I noticed a slant in the middle of the home. I went back and forth with their VP of Sales about how I paid them to level the home, but they didn't do it, so after some disgruntled emails back and forth (i even tell him that I fear we will not be able to sell the home one day because of it), we finally agreed on $500 for them to come back out and put 2 more piers into the middle of the home. I told him I still didn't think it worked, but he said we had to wait for the home to settle before we knew anything. 

Fast forward to today and we list the home, get it under contract in 5 days, and then the buyers terminate the contract because the foundation. They said it's too high on the exterior and slants into the middle. Exactly what my concern was from 2 years before. 

The foundation company is now wanting to charge an additional $3500 to put in 4 more piers, not to mention I will have to spend another $4-$6k to repair and restain the hardwoods, which can't really be done while we are living there. 

My question is, should I not be under warranty for this? I paid them $6k and explicitly pointed out the issue of the low middle area of the home, and they did not fix the issue. We've had 2 hydrastatic tests done and both have come up excellent, so it's not a leak under the house. I feel that they should be offering to repair this work for free, especially knowing that I will have a huge cost to repair the hardwoods now. 

TIA

haven't seen a single deal from Troy since he added me to his buyer's list. fyi