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Sharon Smith Or is it an honor to pay the taxes?
31 July 2009 | 70 replies
For example, I read on the Internet that Sarah Palin spends hundreds of thousands of tax-payers dollars throwing drug-crazed sex parties in the Alaska's governor's mansion.
Bienes Raices Is the Eurozone about to break apart?
5 June 2010 | 6 replies
After all we don't see an AU (Asian Union)
Samantha M. Granite Kitchen Tops Cost?
17 February 2015 | 43 replies
I did a U shaped kitchen on a rehab in January.
Ryan Halverson Basic REI Analysis...
15 February 2013 | 19 replies
lat=38.9338676&lon=-77.17726040000002&level=e&q=mclean,%20vaWith the City-Data, make sure to zoom in...you can actually zoom into a street level to find crimes stats etc.I also use http://www.familywatchdog.us/ for registered sex offenders.
DG H. what do you do? Tenant with prison past.
10 July 2013 | 11 replies
If it was a one-time thing and didn't involve something that could really be a problem (read: drug dealing and sex offenses), then I'm not sure how it's that big of a deal, particularly if it's been years since he's been released.
Account Closed Are you a Member of your local REI Club?
17 March 2014 | 29 replies
Sort of like saying, if you don't get sex on the first date, or a marriage proposal then stop dating.With that being said, clubs are work and take effort.
Luis Pereiro Help with Tenant Screening with Disability
28 July 2015 | 5 replies
Hi @Luis Pereiro,I am not sure about the laws in Florida but in California you cannot discriminate against a potential renter based on race, sex, sexual orientation or disability.  
Eric I. Tenant Screening When Third Party is Leasing House
20 July 2019 | 1 reply
The full suite of checks run with the platform I'm using include:Job history, rental history, income verification, credit score, adverse items, credit history, nationwide criminal check, terror list, sex offender list, evictions.However, one of the tenant candidates that's interested in my property is a physician who contracts with a medical company. 
Cody L. Cracking down on wholesalign in Texas - Abbott signs SB 2212
8 September 2017 | 14 replies
Section 1101.652(b), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The commission may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter or take other disciplinary action authorized by this chapter if the license holder, while engaged in real estate brokerage: (1) acts negligently or incompetently; (2) engages in conduct that is dishonest or in bad faith or that demonstrates untrustworthiness; (3) makes a material misrepresentation to a potential buyer concerning a significant defect, including a latent structural defect, known to the license holder that would be a significant factor to a reasonable and prudent buyer in making a decision to purchase real property; (4) fails to disclose to a potential buyer a defect described by Subdivision (3) that is known to the license holder; (5) makes a false promise that is likely to influence a person to enter into an agreement when the license holder is unable or does not intend to keep the promise; (6) pursues a continued and flagrant course of misrepresentation or makes false promises through an agent or sales agent, through advertising, or otherwise; (7) fails to make clear to all parties to a real estate transaction the party for whom the license holder is acting; (8) receives compensation from more than one party to a real estate transaction without the full knowledge and consent of all parties to the transaction; (9) fails within a reasonable time to properly account for or remit money that is received by the license holder and that belongs to another person; (10) commingles money that belongs to another person with the license holder's own money; (11) pays a commission or a fee to or divides a commission or a fee with a person other than a license holder or a real estate broker or sales agent licensed in another state for compensation for services as a real estate agent; (12) fails to specify a definite termination date that is not subject to prior notice in a contract, other than a contract to perform property management services, in which the license holder agrees to perform services for which a license is required under this chapter; (13) accepts, receives, or charges an undisclosed commission, rebate, or direct profit on an expenditure made for a principal; (14) solicits, sells, or offers for sale real property by means of a lottery; (15) solicits, sells, or offers for sale real property by means of a deceptive practice; (16) acts in a dual capacity as broker and undisclosed principal in a real estate transaction; (17) guarantees or authorizes or permits a person to guarantee that future profits will result from a resale of real property; (18) places a sign on real property offering the real property for sale or lease without obtaining the written consent of the owner of the real property or the owner's authorized agent; (19) offers to sell or lease real property without the knowledge and consent of the owner of the real property or the owner's authorized agent; (20) offers to sell or lease real property on terms other than those authorized by the owner of the real property or the owner's authorized agent; (21) induces or attempts to induce a party to a contract of sale or lease to break the contract for the purpose of substituting a new contract; (22) negotiates or attempts to negotiate the sale, exchange, or lease of real property with an owner, landlord, buyer, or tenant with knowledge that that person is a party to an outstanding written contract that grants exclusive agency to another broker in connection with the transaction; (23) publishes or causes to be published an advertisement [, including an advertisement by newspaper, radio, television, the Internet, or display,] that: (A) misleads or is likely to deceive the public; (B) [,] tends to create a misleading impression; (C)implies that a sales agent is responsible for the operation of the broker's real estate brokerage business; [,] or (D) fails to include [identify] the name of the broker for whom the license holder acts, which name may be the licensed name, assumed name, or trade name of the broker as authorized by a law of this state and registered with the commission [person causing the advertisement to be published as a licensed broker or agent]; (24) withholds from or inserts into a statement of account or invoice a statement that the license holder knows makes the statement of account or invoice inaccurate in a material way; (25) publishes or circulates an unjustified or unwarranted threat of a legal proceeding or other action; (26) establishes an association by employment or otherwise with a person other than a license holder if the person is expected or required to act as a license holder; (27) aids, abets, or conspires with another person to circumvent this chapter; (28) fails or refuses to provide, on request, a copy of a document relating to a real estate transaction to a person who signed the document; (29) fails to advise a buyer in writing before the closing of a real estate transaction that the buyer should: (A) have the abstract covering the real estate that is the subject of the contract examined by an attorney chosen by the buyer; or (B) be provided with or obtain a title insurance policy; (30) fails to deposit, within a reasonable time, money the license holder receives as escrow or trust funds in a real estate transaction: (A) in trust with a title company authorized to do business in this state; or (B) in a custodial, trust, or escrow account maintained for that purpose in a banking institution authorized to do business in this state; (31) disburses money deposited in a custodial, trust, or escrow account, as provided in Subdivision (30), before the completion or termination of the real estate transaction; (32) discriminates against an owner, potential buyer, landlord, or potential tenant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, or ancestry, including directing a prospective buyer or tenant interested in equivalent properties to a different area based on the race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, or ancestry of the potential owner or tenant; or (33) disregards or violates this chapter.
Matthew Koch Where is the "super team?"
2 January 2020 | 12 replies
Took in criminals straight out of jail, sex offenders, people with 15 evictions, etc...We used 1/4" luan to patch holes, spray painted everything off white, floors got painted black, kitchen/bath got roll vinyl, no central air (which meant 1 window per room had to function [and that's all the windows that functioned]), busted kitchen cabinetry got boarded over and so on.