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25 December 2024 | 22 replies
I charge a good bit for my properties, that screens them.Do hotels run background checks on guests?
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12 January 2025 | 12 replies
This was done to protect senior citizens on fixed incomes from being forced to sell their homes due to unaffordable property tax increases.Since the passing of this amendment, all properties in Michigan have two property tax values associated with them:State Equalized Value (SEV): supposedly equal to 50% of the market value of a property, not based on recent sales price.Taxable Value: the SEV annually capped as long as there is not a transfer of ownership.City Assessors are charged with determining how much property values have changed each year.
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28 December 2024 | 19 replies
No damage from any pets yet and you may even charge a pet fee as well.
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14 January 2025 | 37 replies
I've vehemently argued against acquisition fees, syndicators that don't put a significant investment in their own deals, anything called a fund, large GP groups where you don't know who is in charge, and syndicators who ONLY raise money and don't manage the property, plus many other more minor sins.
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1 January 2025 | 22 replies
If they have the time to make sure their reviews are good, they are going to charge you more than you need to pay because it's a big company.
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26 December 2024 | 0 replies
Luckily, due to the number of items this person had at the home, we added charges for each day beyond the set closing date for them to vacate the property.
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26 December 2024 | 3 replies
There simply isn't enough margin in this business to layer on a national company, without charging you an arm and a leg and/or doing a substandard job.
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31 December 2024 | 76 replies
It's just we are skeptical of internet success stories who charge a bunch of money to teach you how they did things.
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30 December 2024 | 4 replies
We have trades we use on jobs and know what they will charge which is often considerably less than what Joe Homeowner would pay for the same job . . . the trades know we will be using them again and again.
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27 December 2024 | 8 replies
When the landlord/PM files a claim, the money is pulled from the tenants bank account or charged to their card.