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21 July 2024 | 11 replies
Their guidelines actually prohibit this.
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22 July 2024 | 82 replies
Second, since that act of flipping a contract is in itself specifically discussed as NOT illegal or prohibited, why wouldn’t an attorney or title company be willing to transfer title based on the “flip”?
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22 July 2024 | 37 replies
When the public threw out the leftist politicians who were worried about criminals “rights” rather than victims rights and eased regulations on business, encouraged new construction rather than prohibiting it, the NYC turned around.
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18 July 2024 | 3 replies
Nothing herein is legal advice.Effective July 1, 2024, California Civil Code section 1950.5 generally prohibits a landlord from collecting more than one month’s rent as security deposit, whether the rental is furnished or not.
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19 July 2024 | 19 replies
This is a great time to update your lease to (a) a month-to-month contract, so that you can ask anyone to leave if they are messing up the feng shui, and (b) add a non-smoking clause.I have written extensively on the merits of MTM leases here on BP, so you can read about my rationale if you'd like.Here's my non-smoking clause:SMOKING: Smoking is prohibited inside your unit or in any interior common areas.
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22 July 2024 | 120 replies
ya maybe being able to choose your own tenant and disregard discrimination laws for race religion sex disability because you owner occ one of the units.. falls under something different but it is federal law.. unless prohibited by state county or city.. the owner of a 1 to 4 unit who lives in one of the units does not have to follow the selection rules..
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18 July 2024 | 14 replies
I'm getting nervous that the area is eventually going to become unlivable because of the prohibitive cost of the insurance.
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17 July 2024 | 2 replies
I don't know of a legal prohibition on it, but you would need to find a settlement company willing to accept it.
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20 July 2024 | 24 replies
In my state, rentals less than 30 days are not regulated by the Real Estate commission.I don't think any of these short-term rental platforms explicitly prohibit arbitrage, but I wish they would.
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19 July 2024 | 6 replies
This goes along with some exclusive use/prohibited uses.