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Idan Narotzki intentional damage caused by tenants, DEFENSE?
5 June 2019 | 10 replies
Use a good service like Cozy.Cash for keys is to get out a tenant who otherwise could be evicted,  to save you time and court costs and HOPEFULLY prevent intentional damage.  
Brett Thomas Need to evict a tenant for the first time.
5 June 2019 | 1 reply
Try calling up or looking up the JP court in the precinct, finding out what days they hear eviction cases, and watch for about 2 hours. 
Beth Matherne Late fee start date?
6 June 2019 | 11 replies
Court is held each Thursday they have 24 hours from court to either pay in full or be out, they won’t get out the City Marshall will remove them.
Corbin Jones Landlord is trying to kick me out tomorrow
7 June 2019 | 27 replies
Even w/o a written lease you have established tenancy so yes, you have rights.....and you could fight it in court....but your landlord is aggressive and unstable...and she lives with you......If the landlord didn't share the house with you, it would be worth the fight...... she has to legally evict you and that takes timeAgree to leave ASAP if ALL the $$ involved is returned to you..... rent you have already paid for the month etc......if there is no $$ due back, then just get out of there ASAP.
John Rolla Illinois Landlord Leases from BiggerPockets
5 June 2019 | 0 replies
I'm curious to see if any attorney or investor has made any tweaks to this lease, and I'm also wondering if anyone has any experience with this lease in court
Lois S. Calif tenant vacates leaving dirty walls/ceilings
6 June 2019 | 5 replies
A bad patch job is not satisfactory and they should be charged to have those holes properly patched and painted.Charging the tenant to paint the entire place after three years is excessive and probably would not stand up in court.
Nettles Mason The Quest for Dynamic Data For Prospecting In Real-Time
23 August 2019 | 11 replies
I started a beta project in Tarrant County TX to see how much of my quest could be completed.Step 1 Collect every Parcel ID in the county.Step 2 Standardize every address and owner nameStep 3 Crack LLC's to find rep/owner/manager Step 4 Create relationships between owners and properties (how many properties they own) Step 5 Gather Delinquent Tax roll filter and apply to ownerStep 6 Run Vacancy status on every valid parcel addressStep 7 Collect all "pain causing" court cases daily and scrub for owners addressStep 8 House all court records that match owners.Step 9 Create a SellScore that displays current and historical court casesStep 10 Make filters for all data to be sorted in cloud and downloaded if neededStep 11 Data append phone,email and daily update of owners that have court casesI think this covers the most common list.VacantAbsenteeTax DelinquentLiensEvictionDivorceProbate  The end result will output 2 csv files dailyownername,owneraddress,propertyaddress,caseType,TotalProperties,#Vacants,TotalTaxDel,SellScore,DivorceY/N,ProbateY/N,#Evictions,phone1,phone2,phone3,email2nd file- Just phone formated for RVM or Text uploadWhat other information would you add to create your perfect prospecting?  
Gianfranco D'agostino Need help: Sell under value or keep holding it
9 June 2019 | 7 replies
The person with their "rapid scale up dreams" in 25 Arbitrage units may find themselves underwater in bankruptcy court.  
Paul Martin Delinquent tax sales in Houston Texas
13 October 2019 | 7 replies
Sometimes the properties ordered sold by the court get pulled because the owner gets a tax lien loan to pay off the back taxes.