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19 March 2013 | 16 replies
Thanks Bao H. for being a part of it and surviving through the awkwardness!
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10 January 2014 | 4 replies
The Fair Housing act states that it is unlawful to refuse to rent to a person because of that person's race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin so I think you should be good.
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13 December 2013 | 9 replies
Good point Marcia as to occupant.An occupant is any party in occupancy or possession, may or may not be a tenant or lease named in any lease or rental agreement.As to limiting occupancy, this can get touchy as a tenant has rights of quiet enjoyment, the right of use and the definition of family may include unmarried or same sex members.
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10 December 2011 | 8 replies
Oh god where do I start....You may have seen me on The First 48 following a murder In one unit of a building we have had 3 tenants die in 15 monthsVarious offers of sex for rent to maintenance staffThe Feds took over property we managed as owner turned Out to be a drug traffickerMore fires due o stove left on than I can countEmployee/ resident shot coming home late night from guy hiding in bushesTenant mad because apartment broken into and her cake she baked was stolen....not concerned about the rest of her stuff Countless tenant stole the kitchen and left water runningI could go on for days from stuff over the last 10 yearsI will challenge any pm to a trade off of great management stories.....property management nothing to it
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21 March 2013 | 24 replies
Hi Bao,I can understand your frustration, I have been there, making offers and other investors getting the deal.
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12 August 2020 | 10 replies
Low to very-low incomes, most children in school receive free meals, high crime rate, and on top of that there are 104 registered sex offenders living in that zip code.
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10 November 2020 | 14 replies
@Bao Tran I use small community banks for all of my lending.
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7 June 2017 | 10 replies
So you can't mention anything in your ads about race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, or familial status.
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6 June 2017 | 6 replies
We verbally pre-screen them to make sure they don't have evictions or sex offenses or too low of income.
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30 January 2017 | 3 replies
@Bao Pham, A few things to comment on.