
25 April 2019 | 17 replies
(Effective September 30, 2018.)(1) A landlord may not, based on the source of income of an otherwise eligible prospective tenant or current tenant:(a) Refuse to lease or rent any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant, unless the: (i) Prospective tenant's or current tenant's source of income is conditioned on the real property passing inspection; (ii) written estimate of the cost of improvements necessary to pass inspection is more than one thousand five hundred dollars; and (iii) landlord has not received moneys from the landlord mitigation program account to make the improvements;(b) Expel a prospective tenant or current tenant from any real property;(c) Make any distinction, discrimination, or restriction against a prospective tenant or current tenant in the price, terms, conditions, fees, or privileges relating to the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection with the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property;(d) Attempt to discourage the rental or lease of any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant;(e) Assist, induce, incite, or coerce another person to commit an act or engage in a practice that violates this section;(f) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected under this section;(g) Represent to a person that a dwelling unit is not available for inspection or rental when the dwelling unit in fact is available for inspection or rental; or(h) Otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling unit to a prospective tenant or current tenant that, but for his or her source of income, would be eligible to rent real property.(2) A landlord may not publish, circulate, issue, or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any kind relating to the rental or lease of real property that indicates a preference, limitation, or requirement based on any source of income.(3) If a landlord requires that a prospective tenant or current tenant have a certain threshold level of income, any source of income in the form of a rent voucher or subsidy must be subtracted from the total of the monthly rent prior to calculating if the income criteria have been met.(4) A person in violation of this section shall be held liable in a civil action up to four and one-half times the monthly rent of the real property at issue, as well as court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.(5) As used in this section, "source of income" includes benefits or subsidy programs including housing assistance, public assistance, emergency rental assistance, veterans benefits, social security, supplemental security income or other retirement programs, and other programs administered by any federal, state, local, or nonprofit entity.

1 August 2019 | 8 replies
NO legit lender is going to send you a PM on BP or linkdin or any other social media.. you have to engage lenders they don't engage you. other than maybe talking on the open forum and clearly having their business name and e mail or other pertinent in their salutation.

5 July 2019 | 12 replies
Another tip would be to find yourself a great property manager.

25 April 2019 | 2 replies
This is regarding a tenant occupied property that has needed a new roof for 6.5 months (hurricane Michael). The public adjuster has been working on this for me for five months to expedite the payout. The public adjust...

26 April 2019 | 5 replies
Thanks for the tip!

29 April 2019 | 4 replies
@William Goodlett I'm not a CPA (so consult yours), but if you have a single-member LLC, the LLC will be considered disregarded anyways and everything will fall on your personal Schedule C (for the business), or Schedule E (for the real estate).

6 May 2019 | 8 replies
I've been continuing to hustle and am at a tipping point, I'd be crazy not to jump in full time and my old business is also driving me crazy.3 active listings totaling about $550k on the MLS getting showings and offers 1 under contract with buyer clients to close in early June for $160k2 rehabs for clients that I'm helping to manage before sale, both will finish in June with a combined ARV of $400-420kAnd in addition, now I have been in talks with one of those rehab clients to form a 50/50 partnership to flip and BRRRR houses moving forward, his funding and my hustle/ project management.

26 April 2019 | 2 replies
I'm hoping that some of the friendly BPers who deal with manufactured homes will offer advice, tips, resources, etc.

27 April 2019 | 6 replies
Any other tips for a first time out-of-state buyer?