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21 May 2021 | 1 reply
What do I need to do to cover myself, and is there any advice out there for how to handle this in an ideal manner?
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3 June 2021 | 6 replies
The decent producing Realtors, the ones that sell a fair amount of homes, already know what's up and aren't doing a lot of hands on hips drama routines with pointless threats and all that (top producers never do drama routines anyways, it's a characteristic of being a top producer, and in case someone takes this as gendered commentary because I referenced hips, it is decidedly not gender specific, drama propensity is equal opportunity in this case), but the lower producing realtors are all working on their Ph.D's in Drama Llama Sciences.
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18 May 2021 | 5 replies
The information I have found on the Internet is all over the place, but some suggested TurboTax is not handling this correctly.
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18 May 2021 | 3 replies
If you're concerned, hire a property management or rental company to handle everything for you.Short-term rental insurance is typically 2-3x long-term rental insurance.
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19 May 2021 | 4 replies
How is this handled?
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20 May 2021 | 2 replies
And does that company handle all legal matters (such as payment agreements) using an attorney?
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21 May 2021 | 20 replies
IMO this is the best, most fair and correct way to handle it.
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19 October 2021 | 5 replies
My question is, with the longer term rentals now being handled by me, what steps should I take to protect myself?
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8 June 2021 | 45 replies
I handle my HELOCs the same way I do my credit cards, by playing musical chairs with them.
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19 May 2021 | 2 replies
Tell them how you handle multiple applicants.