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19 October 2013 | 38 replies
Excessive houses and cars waste energy and materials, and require more maintenance.
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15 January 2014 | 25 replies
We hear from many prospective tenants that their current rent is affordable but the utility costs are excessively high.We generally don't raise rents for tenants that adhere to our lease.
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11 January 2013 | 18 replies
I tried to start doing "Lonnie Deals" in Florida, and found the regs to be excessive.
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13 October 2016 | 82 replies
If you are using a Tramex Moisture Meter and the level is 0%-2%, no moisture barrier is required.
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18 December 2016 | 11 replies
The biggest hurdle and obstacle you face in these ventures is two fold;1 excessive rules and regulations that outlaw what you want to do, or at least don't explicitly allow it.
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2 December 2016 | 9 replies
Yes the fees to access RMLS seem to me to be excessive, although if you act as if its a business, then realize it is just a cost of doing business.
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12 April 2018 | 109 replies
Some might look at me as too conservative related to this, but the reality is that the investor needs deep pockets or needs excess cash flow to protect against changes in the economic cycle if they are looking at investing in a safe area with only $100/door in cash flow.
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13 April 2018 | 77 replies
We try to get a legal co-signer and an extra deposit, since we can't do as rigorous screening without a SSN.One other thing we have found is keeping up with maintenance inspection and keeping up with moisture/mildew/mold issues.
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12 July 2017 | 8 replies
I am new to the real estate business and find the passive income via a turnkey investing company aspect of it very appealing, as I am a consultant in the automotive business and I travel excessively, therefore I don't have the luxury of time to execute on many of the tasks mentioned in Brandon's books.
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18 July 2019 | 2 replies
We're raw vegans moving from one single family detach in residential zone of LA county to another of the same, non HOA.Broker asked for some of the orn plants & fruit trees we had already dug up and been moving during awaiting closing date on sold one.We gave her some of the ornamental ones and whatever we had excess but she kept asking for more!