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20 September 2008 | 11 replies
Wheatie nailed it on making sec dep slightly less than one month, in my humble opinion.I'll take check if we're not handing them keys.
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16 September 2008 | 4 replies
Be careful with making an offer before you nail down the rehab costs.
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18 May 2009 | 6 replies
It does not matter if you do not know what Luan, or a ring shank nail is, Google it, and learn as you go!
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26 September 2008 | 5 replies
Jon, I think you hit the nail on the head.
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8 November 2008 | 79 replies
Having said that, you nailed the point that some of us have been alluding to: The government is in the process of attempting to PROP UP asset values.
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19 January 2009 | 19 replies
Preston nailed it!
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22 July 2009 | 13 replies
:lol: Great comment John, you nailed it!
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2 November 2008 | 10 replies
I do agree with you that a person should do all possible due diligence and nail down as many expenses as possible.Mike
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19 January 2005 | 3 replies
I also told them at application what I expected, and how the eviction process worked: Rent is "due on the first, LATE ON THE SECOND, on the third, or at the latest the 5th, their 3 DAY LETTER, would be "nailed and mailed", on the 4th day I would be at the JPs office to file a WRIT OF FORCIBLE DETAINER, and that once I had taken that step THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.It must have worked, between 1980 (converted my first house in Houston to a rental) and 1998 (sold and seller financed my last rental in Houston, I only got to the filing stage 3 times and only had ONE TENANT SHOW UP IN COURT to contest.