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16 October 2020 | 12 replies
Should I send postcards to properties that seem to match my criteria and offer to purchase off market?
15 October 2020 | 1 reply
We signed a lease and gave the landlord our deposit.
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3 December 2020 | 5 replies
We handle all underwriting in-house and have partnered with a new screening software that validates bank record deposits with applicant's paystubs in addition to our Transunion reporting.
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29 November 2020 | 27 replies
Also, never again to simply rent out to the first person that hands you your first month's rent + security deposit in cash.
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16 October 2020 | 3 replies
Keep the accounts for the property separate, including a separate account for holding security deposits.
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24 October 2020 | 13 replies
Sometimes it is the squatter who fakes the whole lease situation and other times it is someone posing as a Property Manager who takes the "tenant's" security deposit and rent under a scam.
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16 October 2020 | 3 replies
Hey copies of leases which should also show the amount of funds being held in security deposits.
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17 October 2020 | 0 replies
Owners have been instructed by the current treasurer to mail their checks or bring them to us to deposit.
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18 October 2020 | 4 replies
This doesn't match well with the whole idea of flipping.Maybe the returns only work for flippers who do their own work?
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20 October 2020 | 5 replies
I just had to contact them with updated owner info and submit a new direct deposit form for payments.