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Daniel Mendez The good and bad of turnkey properties
29 July 2019 | 39 replies
Wow...there are some great responses here, and I'm encouraged to see that it's not another Turnkey-bashing party.   
Matt Watson Transitioning from Section 8
25 April 2019 | 17 replies
(Effective September 30, 2018.)(1) A landlord may not, based on the source of income of an otherwise eligible prospective tenant or current tenant:(a) Refuse to lease or rent any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant, unless the: (i) Prospective tenant's or current tenant's source of income is conditioned on the real property passing inspection; (ii) written estimate of the cost of improvements necessary to pass inspection is more than one thousand five hundred dollars; and (iii) landlord has not received moneys from the landlord mitigation program account to make the improvements;(b) Expel a prospective tenant or current tenant from any real property;(c) Make any distinction, discrimination, or restriction against a prospective tenant or current tenant in the price, terms, conditions, fees, or privileges relating to the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection with the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property;(d) Attempt to discourage the rental or lease of any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant;(e) Assist, induce, incite, or coerce another person to commit an act or engage in a practice that violates this section;(f) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected under this section;(g) Represent to a person that a dwelling unit is not available for inspection or rental when the dwelling unit in fact is available for inspection or rental; or(h) Otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling unit to a prospective tenant or current tenant that, but for his or her source of income, would be eligible to rent real property.(2) A landlord may not publish, circulate, issue, or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any kind relating to the rental or lease of real property that indicates a preference, limitation, or requirement based on any source of income.(3) If a landlord requires that a prospective tenant or current tenant have a certain threshold level of income, any source of income in the form of a rent voucher or subsidy must be subtracted from the total of the monthly rent prior to calculating if the income criteria have been met.(4) A person in violation of this section shall be held liable in a civil action up to four and one-half times the monthly rent of the real property at issue, as well as court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.(5) As used in this section, "source of income" includes benefits or subsidy programs including housing assistance, public assistance, emergency rental assistance, veterans benefits, social security, supplemental security income or other retirement programs, and other programs administered by any federal, state, local, or nonprofit entity.
Horacio Gutierrez By law can you have tenant leave property if renovation
26 April 2019 | 3 replies
On the other hand, Bellflower does not have rent control.If you are referring to a single family residence where there is only one unit on the lot, then it is not subject to rent control laws.In any situation, I would encourage good communication so that you and your tenant can have a mutually beneficial, long term relationship. 
Suvarna Joshi Is termite insurance worth for a 2 year old house?
30 April 2019 | 8 replies
Main key point is prevent conducive conditions allowing or encouraging termites to invade your property.
Tina Foltmer Where to hire a photographer
28 May 2019 | 7 replies
A few years ago we were still using either telescopic last or helicopters.You can shop for real estate photographers who will give you a good quote for their job, or you can encourage aspiring new photographers by looking on Craigslist.
Jed Devine 0-10 units in 2 years...slow but steady
6 May 2019 | 53 replies
I had a colleague who was extremely encouraging but in the end I just got fed up with myself, called my realtor who is out of state and said I am going to buy a house.
Amanda Rogers Legal Aspects of investing in Milwaukee
6 July 2019 | 5 replies
I would highly encourage you to take the city's free landlord training program.
Cole Black Starting out in Real Estate
27 April 2019 | 2 replies
I would agree that you want to diversify, but based on the REI material (blogs, biggerpockets, REI Books, etc) that I have reading highly encourages REIs so I would focus on that and move to stocks, bonds, and other areas where you can build assets.
Rob Bianco Investing in Montreal from the USA
13 September 2019 | 18 replies
That country has been a stable democracy for 40 years with the sema political party in power since 2004 through undisputed elections without any violence. finally, I encourage you to fly to Miami from Panama City.
Sara Taslitt Security Deposit — how much?
28 April 2019 | 3 replies
The reason is that encourages tenant to pay last month rent and leave you place clean to get their larger deposit back.