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21 November 2024 | 39 replies
In most cases, the contingent fee option is selected because litigation is expensive and most plaintiff's cannot front the costs.
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20 November 2024 | 15 replies
This allows you to make an offer without a HI contingency which is much more competitive than one with the contingency since you are buying the property as is.You can still get the home inspection after you settle to capture all of the detail items.Some HI's will not do this, they might see it as some sort of conflict of interest.
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20 November 2024 | 15 replies
That was precisely the sort of site I was hoping for.
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18 November 2024 | 14 replies
I would appreciate it if you could please contact me directly, since I believe that BP rules prohibit posting recommendations of this sort on the website.
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22 November 2024 | 20 replies
High crime is sort of relative and varies from person to person.
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15 November 2024 | 10 replies
To avoid going through the same poor experience, keep reading.Even if someone gives you a referral here, do NOT make the mistake of assuming that the PMC will meet your expectations, just because they met the expectations of the referral source.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!
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12 November 2024 | 13 replies
When I select 1 or more checkboxes and submit the form it creates an entry in a Google sheet that has the date and number of hours spent doing everything for that day.
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16 November 2024 | 24 replies
If you don't have the cash and have no way to get it quickly I'd focus on sorting out a payment plan with HUD, if they allow that.
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19 November 2024 | 5 replies
Cons are the liquidity event that your parents will have to do to purchase the home (I assume the funds are in some sort of investment today so there's likely some tax ramifications on cashing those securities).
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15 November 2024 | 13 replies
It would also be wise to educate yourself on what a good PM does and doesn't do, how they do it, what they charge and why, etc.My book, The DIY Landlord, will be out in December and can teach you how to select or supervise a property manager.