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31 August 2016 | 12 replies
The lender will also have to research the HOA to make sure they are in good financial standings, no current lawsuits, and the owner occupancy rate of the complex.
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28 August 2016 | 8 replies
Seems like a huge lawsuit waiting to happen.There's prolly a service available that would do that for you.
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3 October 2016 | 7 replies
Keeping mind we are often dealing with 10's of thousands or 100's of thousand dollar of transaction value, lawsuits can get expensive very quickly.
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31 August 2016 | 9 replies
Do NOT change locks, utilities or anything of that nature or you are opening yourself up to lawsuits.
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1 September 2016 | 4 replies
Now with Real Estate what are some great ways to protect my assets from lawsuits or even anything else?
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16 September 2016 | 4 replies
On the upside, you likely have a slam dunk small claims lawsuit and the defendants have assets.
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1 September 2016 | 4 replies
I sold this property as an RE agent and am managing it for them on Airbnb.To avoid a law suit Bob has agreed to pay back the 30k that was paid to him.
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9 September 2016 | 2 replies
He formerly operated Master Contracting, LLC but closed it down due to several lawsuits for fraud.
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4 September 2016 | 11 replies
MichaelLots of POTENTIAL claims / lawsuits in your post.
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6 September 2016 | 2 replies
You definitely don't want to set yourself up for a lawsuit (there are enough opportunities for that already).