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Emil Pinlac Is the 2% Rule a Myth for MFH in Sacramento, CA??
17 July 2020 | 32 replies
For those who have chosen to set up roots and invest in the small, multi-family real estate space in Sacramento - have you been able to find any turnkey duplex/triplex/quadplexes that would fit the 2% rule? 
Chris Mackinlay Plumbing Problem - need advice
15 June 2020 | 4 replies
Plumber said he didn't pull back any tree roots or other debris, but felt some small blockages and doesn't think the line is broken.
Chen Lerner Where to invest rental property
17 June 2020 | 19 replies
With major national and regional companies like Nationwide and Huntington, "unicorn" tech startups like CoverMyMeds and Root, as well as, numerous development projects around the city, Columbus is poised for tremendous growth.
Lloyd Segal Economic Update (June 15, 2020)
15 June 2020 | 0 replies
The Big Picture is that more than 47 million new jobless claims have been filed since the crisis took root three months ago, an unfathomable number that shows just how much devastation COVID-19 has caused to millions of Americans and the U.S. economy.
Amber Gonion St. Paul follows Minneapolis lead in limiting landlord rights
18 June 2020 | 11 replies
Paul, 51 percent of our renter households are housing-cost burdened, resulting in seventy-five percent of our low-income renter households being housing cost burdened and thirty-nine percent being severely housing cost burdened; andWHEREAS, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 requires that the City affirmatively further fair housing, meaning the City must take meaningful action to overcome historic patterns of segregation, promote fair housing choice, and foster inclusive communities that are free from discrimination; andWHEREAS, in April 2016, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development issued warning that blanket policies of refusal to rent to people with criminal records could violate the Fair Housing Act if “without justification, their burden falls more often on renters or other housing market participants of one race or national origin over another”; andWHEREAS, as of January 1, 2020, people of color make up 47.9 percent of the MN prison population, but only 15.9 percent of our state population; andWHEREAS, criminal justice research supports that the effect of a criminal offense on a residents housing outcome declines over time and becomes insignificant; andWHEREAS, our current credit scoring system has a disparate impact on people and communities of color, rooted in a long history of housing discrimination and wealth inequities even though credit score itself does not reflect positive rental history or timely rent payments or probability of on time rent payments; andWHEREAS, in 2017 there were an estimated 1,710 residential evictions filed against tenants in the City of Saint Paul; andWHEREAS, E evictions, regardless of outcome, impact a renter’s ability to secure future housing, and Research suggests that “Informal evictions” occurring outside of the court process are occurring at twice the rate of formal evictions; andWHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul has approximately 11,000 units of housing which are considered Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH) affordable at or below 60 percent Area Median Income and NOAH buildings are most at risk for ownership changes; andWHEREAS, historical and ongoing discrimination in housing makes tenant protections a fair housing, racial equity and economic justice imperative; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does Ordain:Section 2Chapter 193 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby created to read as follows: Sec. 193.01 Definitions.For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section. (1)(2)Affordable Housing Building shall mean a multiple-family rental housing building having five (5) three (3) or more dwelling units where at least twenty (20) percent of the units rent for an amount that is affordable at no more than thirty (30) percent of income to households at or below eighty (80) percent of area median income, as most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) purposes, as adjusted for household size and number of bedrooms.Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit shall mean a rental dwelling unit in an affordable housing building that rents for an amount that is affordable to households at or below eighty (80) percent of Area Median Income, as most recently determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as adjusted for household size and number of bedrooms.(3) Available for Sale shall mean the earliest implementation of any of the following actions: negotiating to enter into a purchase agreement that includes an affordable housing building, advertising the sale of an affordable housing building, entering into a listing agreement to sell an affordable housing building, or posting a sign that an affordable housing building is for sale.(4) For Cause shall mean that the tenant or a member of the tenant's household materially violated a term of the lease in accordance with Sec. 193.05(a).(5) Cure the Deficiency shall mean that a tenant pays all monies rightfully owed, or fully complies with an order to correct a lease violation or notice to cease an activity that is in0) violation of a lease.(6) Displacement Dwelling Unit shall mean the dwelling unit from which a tenant was displaced pursuant to Sec. 193.05(5) or (7).(7) Eviction shall mean a summary court proceeding to remove a tenant or occupant from, or otherwise recover possession of, real property by the process of law, pursuant to Minn.
Amy A. Plumber's digging undermines chimney, who pays for damage?
15 June 2020 | 0 replies
This didn't get to the root of the problem, which was a blockage in the main line. 
Account Closed Is the Real Estate market really not going to take a hit?
22 February 2021 | 24 replies
Could you elaborate more on the root cause for this?
Rax Gupta What % of cashflow is considered good for a rental property
22 June 2020 | 42 replies
@Rax Gupta lot's and lot's of variables go into what makes a deals numbers green, yellow or red, in simplest term's they come from 2 root considerations; Risk Assessment and Operational Assessment. 
Stephan Mayer Are landlords liable for treating bed bug infestations?
25 June 2020 | 13 replies
Assuming there are none on your side and the exterminator will say this and point to the other unit as the root cause, you should be able to charge the tenant for the extermination.
Amber G. Landlord registration meeting
18 June 2020 | 2 replies
It is usually a good thing if they don't know your name at all, at least in that context.Pitching registration and inspections as rooting out slumlords is a position no one can take the other side of: raise your hand if you want slumlords!