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Sharon Gutowski Newbie from St. Louis, MO
4 May 2018 | 13 replies
Every body here knows someone renting or flipping, making it ultra competitive and hard to find the best deals.
David Ivy City of Austin vs. "Predatory" Flippers/Wholesalers
30 March 2019 | 8 replies
There are already statutes and regulations regarding fraud and deception in real estate transactions.Educating people who want to be educated is fine, but if a governing body restricts the pool of ready and willing buyers, more properties will go to foreclosure and sit on the market longer.Real estate investors perform a vital function in every jurisdiction: putting properties back on the market, in good condition.Many of the properties they buy could never pass conventional lender's inspection because they typically require tens of thousands of dollars in repairs that most homeowners do not have or cannot do themselves.Additionally, many real estate investors near metropolitan centers can access almost an unlimited pool of funding to buy and remodel properties if the numbers work.From contract to close, the time can be in as little as 3-4 business days.The delay is mostly waiting on title companies.So when flippers mail letters and post cards to owners saying they can "close quick" and "all cash", that is a fact, not fraud.Of course, realtors will recommend you list your property – that's how they make money – so they are self-interested, which makes the report biased.Maybe next time you can have a "flipper" on you show for balanced reporting.The idea of anyone feeling "pressured" by getting a post card or flyer is ludicrous.If the homeowner doesn't want to sell, the solution is to throw them away.But the idea of "there ought to be a law" is equally ludicrous.If there are bad actors committing fraud, the answer is to enforce the laws already on the books.Out of all the properties posted for sale every 1st Tuesday of the month at the trustee's sale, a very large percentage never make it because they are bought by the very flippers you disparaged.If not for the real estate investing community, cities around the country would look much, much worse.My biggest complaint with your report is that you completely failed to get the rest of the story.Your editor needs address this."
Kari D. Qualifying legal bedroom in WA state
2 May 2018 | 1 reply
The IRC has no restrictions in a sense but there are other code bodies that do.
Wes M. Hi from Wilmington, NC!
2 May 2018 | 6 replies
I'm also open to providing insight to others in the regulatory/land entitlement process.
Prasanna Panchamukhi Investment property insurance from CSE
5 September 2019 | 2 replies
Is any body using CSE insurance Group?
Amanda Coleman Air B&B in Portland Oregon- Permits, Taxes & Regulations
4 May 2018 | 2 replies
Trying to navigate the regulatory waters and see what hoops we would have to jump through to list a 4Bdrm house as an Air BnB and am finding some conflicting/confusing information.
Marie Withelidua I own a home in a declining area...
9 May 2018 | 31 replies
Some want to form an HOA, because the neighborhood is an older community, where there are still lots of original owners, but they are older and I know they are not all able-bodied as they're aging.  
Awet Hagos Low Tech Hacks and Systems For Property Management
8 May 2018 | 1 reply
Whenever I have an AirBnB related expense, I take a photo of the receipt and put the amount, store, etc. in the subject line/body of the email and send it to that email address.
Daniel Pierson Rental Properties in Austin
26 March 2018 | 3 replies
Another con to be aware of is regulatory risk.
Tushar Sharma Looking for rental income
3 April 2018 | 5 replies
That maybe market risk, tenant risk, property risk, regulatory risk, etc.