An uncle of mine sold a piece of property in 2012 for $1 via a quit claim deed. I researched and got a copy of the quit claim deed. My questions: The deed is notarized on a separate sheet of paper. Is this legal? My...
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Recently purchased a SFH in Rochester, NY to convert into a rental. We applied for the certificate of occupancy and got flagged in nearly every single room for the WINDOW SILL/SASH with the following code violation:T...
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I'm in the process of obtaining a Rental License for a triplex that I recently acquired. The prior owner did not secure a rental license or a certificate of occupancy for the property. In my efforts to obtain a Certif...
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Hello BP Community,For all you Buy and Hold experts out there, would/do you ever buy a property with an existing tenant? Please state why or why not? If "yes", how do you handle it? Do you have to honor the existing l...
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Hello team!I have a property in Baltimore that I'm preparing for a lead based inspection. I'm not familiar with the process however. Is there some kind of a pre-inspection list? Or a way to get a pre-inspection to be ...
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I just signed a contract on a single family home this evening and the lady was talking about HUD and USDA requiring new toilet seats whenever there was a change in tenants. (this isn't HUD or USDA)The toilet seats in ...
I once lived in CA and in 1988 I bought a small 2 BR in a working class neighborhood. I have not lived in CA for 15 years. I sold the house this year and there was huge appreciation. The escrow company is insisting th...
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I recently completed an attached ADU Gardena, CA and received my certificate of occupancy by the city. I added the new address to google maps and it was accepted. My tenant is now living there but needs to use the mai...
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Hi all...Has anyone actually used the Tax Lien Vault company to purchase tax liens and if so, what was your experience? Last July I went to one of those house flipping seminar road shows here in San Antonio and while...
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I've seen some various explanations of this on the web, so hopefully someone here can point me to the true answers. I've got two questions regarding redemption in MN.
1) A primary mortgage for $200k goes through sh...