American homeowners could see a significant drop in the cost of selling their homes after a real estate trade group agreed to a landmark deal that will eliminate a bedrock of the industry, the 6 percent sales commissi...
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Hello all, apologies if this question has been asked before but after searching through the forums for a while I found nothing to match my particular situation. We have recently sold our rental home to the renters. Th...
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Contractor agreed to replace my roof if insurance would pay for damages. He came to my door offering his service. To my surprise the insurance company agreed to pay $21,000 for damages. Our contractor quoted us $20,00...
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I was listening to talk radio today and they discussed corporate tax rates. I was surprised to learn that our country pays some of the highest in Corporate taxes in the World. Of course they were talking about how e...
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Joe,
Bad news – Texas has a law that I was not aware of that prohibits wage garnishments. Please see the attached.
I’ve done a little research, and this seems to be a bad law, or at least a bad interpr...
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Hello BP,It's always fun posting stuff on here and hearing what everyone has say, but i'm afraid this post isn't quite as pleasant. Nonetheless i'm sure there are lessons to be had here and I would greatly appreciate...
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Does anyone else have these rental registration programs where the City forces you to pay a yearly fee to register your rental property?
Where they force you to allow a city inspector in every time a tenant moves in....
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I am new to real estate and rentals. I bought a duplex last year in July and it's rented out now. I am wanting to know about LLC and trusts. I was wanting to make an LLC, but someone who is a landlord here said to jus...
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