Derek Janssen
Home warranty - if you can wait 20 days to get your fridge fixed
27 August 2018 | 37 replies
I've had a drier fixed twice, a garage door fixed, and now a fridge on two separate home warranties (that the other realtor paid for).
Brendan Griffin
Back splash ideas?
10 June 2016 | 18 replies
I tend to like to do a tumbled marble backsplash with an accent in the middle (running through the switches and outlets).
Anthony Turrem
Just joined from Ireland
22 December 2015 | 6 replies
I currently live in Ireland, but am considering a relocation to (hopefully) warmer and drier Texas over the coming months.
Account Closed
IndyMac HAS Imploded- FDIC- Gov Bail Out?
25 August 2008 | 66 replies
IndyMac Bank's assets were seized by federal regulators on Friday after the mortgage lender succumbed to the pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures.The bank is the largest regulated thrift to fail and the second largest financial institution to close in U.S. history, regulators said.Yahoo FinanceIn the biggest bank failure of the housing downturn to date, federal banking regulators today closed IndyMac Bank FSB, naming the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as conservator.The FDIC said it will transfer insured deposits and "substantially all the assets" of IndyMac Bank, to a newly created successor, IndyMac Federal Bank, which will be operated by the FDIC.Insured depositors and borrowers will automatically become customers of IndyMac Federal, FSB and will continue to have uninterrupted customer service and access to their funds by ATM, debit cards and writing checks.
Heidi Wilson
Appliance repair due to renter behaviour - charge them?
4 February 2018 | 8 replies
It’s just a standard laundry Center (integrated washer drier).
Dave Silva
work-around to avoid workers comp on myself
1 February 2016 | 24 replies
As soon as he points the finger that it's actually your house and you just had this arrangement in order to get money from the bank for doing work on your own house, your whole house of cards will come tumbling down.
Carol Kohn
New investor who will be landlording a duplex
6 November 2015 | 5 replies
Make sure the tenants understand that the hoses stay with the prop when they move outIf I pay the water I always put a few drops of food color in the toilet tanks to check for leaksMake sure the bath fan and drier are properly vented.
Robert Haworth
Calling all Pottstown, PA landlords -- What's the demand for housing like?
4 February 2016 | 25 replies
I see tumble weeds blowing into that town in the very near future.
Joseph Konney
Do I need a common electric meter for Multifamily Chicago Homes?
19 November 2020 | 8 replies
(a) No landlord shall rent or cause to be rented any unit in which the tenant is responsible by agreement, implication, or otherwise for direct payment for utility service to the utility company and in which the utility company billing for that service includes any service to common areas of the building or other units or areas used or occupied by persons other than the individual tenant and those occupying the unit with the tenant on the utility account, unless, before offering an initial lease or a renewal lease, accepting a security deposit, or otherwise entering into an agreement with the prospective tenant to let the premises: (1) The landlord provides the prospective tenant with a written statement setting forth the specific areas of the building and any appurtenances that are served by the meter that will be in the tenant's name and the nature of the utility uses of those areas, including any that have not been reflected in past utility company billings but that may arise (such as the rental of a neighboring unit that has been vacant, the installation of washers and driers in the basement, or the use of the garage for mechanics); (2) The landlord provides the prospective tenant with copies of the utility bills for the unit for the previous 12 months, unless waived by the tenant in writing; (3) The landlord neither suggests nor requires the tenant to collect any money for utility bills from neighboring tenants whose utility usage will be reflected in the prospective tenant's utility company billings; and (4) The landlord sets forth in writing the amount of the proposed rent reduction, if any, that is offered to compensate for the tenant's payments for utility usage outside of the tenant's unit.
Larry Flanagan
Hardwood floor buckling
3 October 2014 | 2 replies
I have a finished walkout and its drier down there than it is upstairs.