Joshua Dorkin
E-Mails Legally Binding According to NY Court: Naldi v Grunberg
If you negotiate real estate deals via email, be aware that “handwriting and email should now basically be considered one and the same," as a result of the Naldi v Grunberg case. E-mails may become legally binding ...
Taz Patel
Taking tenant to small claims court
Greeting BP members,
My tenant left the condo breaking the lease without telling me.
Basically his check bounced and when I tried to get in touch he text me that keys are in condo.
I ran to find the condo empty.
Wa...
Mark Forest
Tenant stopped check
I am a Michigan landlord. The tenant' s lease ended 2/1/19 and for once she paid January rent on time. I happily deposited her check. She announced she would not be renewing in Feb. This did not surprise me since thro...
Amber Dyer
Tenants did property damage in a short period of time and lied on rental application
I rented to a couple on 11/1. When I first met them they said they were renting a room and were looking for more space.
They later admitted they were illegally subletting a room, the guy that they were subletting to...
Ryan Jaret
Sink Damage from Tenant
Hello,
During the course of the lease the Tenant broke the kitchen Faucet. I sent him an email informing him that I was deducting the cost of the repair from his SD. He never responded to the email. I went ahead with...
Leeana Cordero
Buying distressed property but seller owes bank!!!!!
Need some advice. I am looking to buy distressed property(3 BDRM, 2 BTHRM 1.4Ksqft), it was listed as 60K owner is willing to take 45-48K because he said he owes the bank. I was going to put down $1,500, try to use ...
Kerry M.
Eviction of unwanted family member in Maryland
A friend has let her family member stay since Dec 30 in her basement. However the family member is not following house rules and becoming a problem. What does my friend need to do
J Chen
Bought a foreclosed house but cannot get in touch with owner.
We bought the house at auction about a year ago. The owner filed bankruptcy afterwards. Long story short. Now we officially got the deed. The court ordered that the owner could stay at the property for 90 days after c...
Shefali R.
Holding deposit to reserve a rental legal in New Jersey?
We want to ask a prospective tenant to pay a non refundable 'holding deposit' equal to one months rent to reserve an apartment in NJ until lease signing. deposit would be applied to first months rent. Need help with f...
Raina B.
My Grandmother left me a house
Hi all!
My grandmother has recently passed away and left me the family house. I’ve been trying to find stuff on how to switch be deed over into my name but the information seems so spaced out. Can someone please prov...