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2 April 2015 | 16 replies
-Unfortunately, the final sales price shown Includes the deposit/fee that they take upfront.
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26 January 2018 | 79 replies
I feel that if you "take a chance" with those less-qualified, you should be justly compensated, similar to requiring a higher security deposit if a tenant has a questionable past.
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28 December 2014 | 7 replies
My lowest down deal: I bought a house for $10 and gave her $700 for her deposit on a rental house; she wanted out fast.
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21 May 2014 | 19 replies
If I am taking on more risk by renting to you, I will ask for more security deposit.
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1 November 2015 | 9 replies
They had that language in their lease and I do as well, that the security deposit is forfeited when the lease is broken.
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15 May 2014 | 1 reply
Does it have to be written into the contract that the security deposit and prorated rent will be transferred over to the new owner?
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16 May 2014 | 4 replies
Dear Investors and Realtors (of vacant properties),Would you hire out to a professional stager/staging company that offered top notch staging as a marketing service, with flexible time frames (daily, weekly, monthly options), including virtual tours, a small up front deposit and a reasonable final payment at time COE?
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27 May 2014 | 14 replies
The partying is gone in many at that point and they are getting degrees versus freshman and sophmores finishing core classes and being sent away by mommy and daddy to do something with their lives.The key is getting the parents to guaranty the leases and take hefty deposits to offset damages.
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15 May 2014 | 2 replies
If it's a nicer unit I own and they can afford to pay a greater deposit and more rent with their income then I would consider it.If it's an existing tenant that has ridden the current unit hard and worn it down and they are looking to move to your nicer one then it's a NO.I had inherited tenants when I bought where they said the previous landlord said they would get such and such unit and I looked at their current unit and it was a pig sty.
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17 May 2014 | 5 replies
its rented above market, i've been renting to people that wouldn't be otherwise be approved provided they put extra security deposit down.