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3 October 2024 | 29 replies
if you borrow from one property to pay for another you're just losing money and pretending you're not.
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25 September 2024 | 14 replies
Most S8 tenants have a history of bad decisions and from all that, many have only learned how to game the system.We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher and pretend to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.
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9 October 2024 | 312 replies
Therefore, we are getting the "pretend and extend" maneuver to make loans conforming, asset swaps, capital calls, and every trick they have in their playbook to push the problem down the road.Overall, you nailed it!
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23 September 2024 | 3 replies
The “New Client” Trap: Scammers will pretend to be potential clients and will carefully construct emails to try to steal sensitive information including your PTIN, EFIN, or CAF number.
28 September 2024 | 19 replies
Could you create a “reverse mortgage” against the property..Pretend the properties are worth $2M.
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20 September 2024 | 114 replies
I am not pretending that I've hit a home run investment.
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17 September 2024 | 20 replies
I don't have to pretend to be the PM because I'm female and my business partner is my father, everyone assumes I just work for him.
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13 September 2024 | 61 replies
The bill proposal is in its early stages so I won't pretend to have all the answers, and I agree that subsidized housing initiatives need some work.
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17 September 2024 | 68 replies
Pretend you don't own them.
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10 September 2024 | 7 replies
Many times the illegal unit was never realized by the city, so just undo the kitchen and pretend it never existed.