I had a tenant sexually assaulted in a rental unit I owned several years ago by someone she had dated.

Your state might have a homeowner committee of some sort because the abuses in some states got so bad.

Inflating a sales price and doing fancy things with financing is what gives real estate investors a bad name and causes state legislatures to pass nutty laws to curb abusive practices.

tenant has paid on time in the past except for the last 2-3 months where i have gotten 2 late half payments of rent and 2 bounced checks. he is a good guy, ive been nice to him but starting to feel abused

Have some vacants I am reconditioning to rent out.Looked at carpet.Found a happy medium at .80 sq ft.and 8 pound plush scotch guard pad at .85 sq ft.This is at Home Depot with a very low installation fee of around 35 bucks.Conversely found 12 by 12 ceramic tile for .56 sq ft.My thought process is too install the tile all the way through on the main floor and use carpet just on the stairs and the 2 bedrooms upstairs.Has vinyl down stairs now but actually cost more than tile and get ripped and messed up.Tile would seem to take more abuse and last longer.I can get cheap berber type carpet for .48 sq ft and cheap 6 pound pad for about.49 sq ft. but I am trying to make it look nicer and not cheap.This is why I wanted to spend a little more on a nicer pound foam pad versus rubber composite.I asked about the Home Depot bid room and the sale person said he could submit but the bids are getting rejected as the carpet is already priced so low.Says HD is getting away from the contractor bidding wars to try and get the price down etc.I checked with prices versus Dalton Ga (carpet capital of the world and the prices were just as good or better.HD is measuring the units for free for me tomorrow.On the tile how much is the grout and the bonding agent for the tiles to the floor??

I cleared well over 1,000 posts in the past 3-4 days.I'll again ask that if you ever see spam to please report it using the REPORT ABUSE link on the left of all forum posts.

While I do not want to speak for MikeOH, I am confident he would agree that our banter here is child's play compared to the abuse an investor/landlord will see out in the field.So this post leads right back into the threads theme....Successful people are tough!

If you help her, and it comes to light that she is abusing the system, then you, or your company, become a victim who tried really hard to help out another American and were taken advantage of.

LOL this is the same guy that denied that he had sexual relationships with Monica someone needs to tell him that denial is not a river in Egypt :roll:

I would simply refer them to the local agency that helps battered/abused spouses which will help them get that order.