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Chris Clothier Biggest Mistake for Real Estate Online Marketing
19 February 2012 | 16 replies
Seems totally inappropriate to be examining customer's bottoms.
Eduardo A. due diligence with no utilities
16 November 2011 | 15 replies
If I remember correctly your usage is deducted from the deposit, which is returned after you have the power cut off.
David Beard Turnkey sellers - why are expenses ignored?
26 November 2011 | 50 replies
At checkout, you find out that the $100/night plus taxes did not include water usage, television usage, HVAC usage, etc, and your $100/night has now turned into $150/night plus taxes.Would you complain?
Tod R. If you don't have a farm, then get one!
1 December 2011 | 2 replies
Farmers would do well to study the long-term land price trends and usages and make sure they pay the right prices and sell at the right times.
Joel Owens Water Usage Issues
31 January 2012 | 4 replies
Okay the 4 unit buildings when built in 1981 have one meter going in.There is no sub meters.Fulton county water stated that is what the builder requested in 1981.Fast forward to today.Fulton county does not do sub metering for these buildings.The water company stated these buildings only have a 3/4 line meter on one and 1 inch line meter on the others.Water bill has been high.We fixed a bunch of leaks and filed leak adjustments to Fulton county.Water company says they can test meter to make sure it reads right.Previous owner had high readings as well.Some tenants are only supposed to have 2 to 4 people living there on lease.End up having 8 to 10 people and they use the water constantly even with no leaks.Currently we provide water,sewer,trash into the total rent.We have to do it this way because with one line if the 3 tenants pay the bill but one does not the water company will cut off water to the whole building and lien it.Since it is one line into the building even if all leaks are fixed I can't go up to a tenant without proof they are using more water.I can tell tenant with an adjusted lease they are responsible for any usage after 50 bucks a month but they might not pay the difference.My plumber told me of a company that will install individual meters and then bill the tenants directly.Have any of you had experience with these companies?
Joel Owens Do you place limit on number of tenants in one unit??
4 February 2012 | 9 replies
As long as the rent is paid and they are quiet I don't care.Now when people get in hard times I find 3 people turn into 10 people living under one unit 2 beds,2 1/2 baths.The problem is the people that were qualified credit and criminal are on the lease and the others are not.So the unknown people have not been qualified to see if they will be a problem or not.More people wear down the units faster,cause noise with extra vehicles,and parking issues.Our water is not sub-metered and is paid by us the landlord.Extra people taking a shower,flushing the toilet,washing clothes,cooking etc. runs up the water bill.Water company says people use about 60 gallons a day on average according to statistics.I know there is fire code limits but I was thinking of having in lease max of 4 people and anything over that is 50 dollars per month per person.This would cover extra water bill and help with extra turning costs with the heavier traffic usage.
Charles Shils Buyer agent commission
16 February 2012 | 11 replies
He doesn't owe a commission to any particular agent -- his *BROKER* owes the commission, and it's between the brokers how much is paid, to whom and when.And, in fact, it's absolutely inappropriate for a licensed broker (or their representative) to go directly to a seller who is represented by another broker.
Paul Scothern Atlanta rental properties
30 April 2013 | 12 replies
The peak usage period for asbestos in the US was the 1970s.
Donnell Mulligan foreclosure timeshares
10 May 2013 | 8 replies
Timeshares/points our hard to re-sell in today’smarket.Timeshare/points is good for personal vacation usages.
Loc R. Commercial RE tenants/landlords, question re: lighting
31 March 2014 | 5 replies
lightbulbs.I'm trying to figure out what is the best lighting to use, both with respect to functionality (brightness), initial cost to install/upgrade, and monthly usage costs.Thanks.