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21 August 2024 | 73 replies
@Dave Foster@Jay Hinrichs@Michael Plaks@Eric Fernwood@bruce woodruff@jdmartin@russel Brazil@dan h@Theresa Harris@James HamlingMy apologies to the other 3-5 who’s names escape me because I don’t have a question in mind that needs answering.
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21 August 2024 | 26 replies
@Russell Brazil is right (and that's about when I bought my first house at 18% :-)The numbers will always work - or never work, it just depends on which property you choose to purchase and where it is.
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21 August 2024 | 18 replies
Quote from @Russell Brazil: Quote from @David Chance: Hi,I plan on getting out of rentals because it is becoming harder to be a landlord in Maryland.I'll be selling them.. but was wondering if it is a bad idea with regard to taxes to sell all of them right away.I understand that with a sell there are capital gains and depreciation recapture, but is there anything else that I should consider?
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17 August 2024 | 3 replies
Quote from @Russell Brazil: Homeowners policies dont cover vacant properties.
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19 August 2024 | 11 replies
Quote from @Russell Brazil: Quote from @Joseph Johnston: Quote from @James Mc Ree: I wouldn't fire the agent just because the property hasn't sold yet.
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19 August 2024 | 13 replies
Quote from @Russell Brazil: The 3 states I work primarily in already require buyer agency agreements by state law. 50% of our deals are off market, so our commissions already got written into our offers as a standard operating procedure.So virtually no changes for me.
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14 August 2024 | 33 replies
In every business you run into “nuts”.
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20 August 2024 | 45 replies
Quote from @Russell Brazil: Quote from @Luis Herna: Quote from @Bob P.: Quote from @Luis Herna: Can someone list 5 things I can do to over come Due On Sale clause in seller finance deal?
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15 August 2024 | 10 replies
Quote from @Russell Brazil: Yeah as @Joe Norman mentioned above, Property Management is an unlicensed activity in Maryland.