Vincent Plant
Early Trouble with contractor
I’m currently brrring a property for the first time. My first order of business is to replace the roof as insurance is requiring me to do it to maintain coverage. I went ahead and got 4 quotes, chose the guy who gave ...
Karan Kanekar
Sellers never repaired AC even though part of renewed contract.
I recently bought a house in plano.I had a done inspection and found that the Upstairs AC was not cooling.I reported this to my realtor and asked sellers to repair it.Sellers never repaired the issue completely (they ...
Jessica Reilly
Contractor is Bailing
My boyfriend and I recently purchased our first duplex with an FHA renovation loan. Our contractor was approved through the bank, so he has his insurance and the whole 9 yards. He got 80% of the way through the work h...
Chelsea Mastin
How Would you Describe "Finishing Stage" of construction
Hi everyone!I am under contract for the construction of a property. We agreed upon 4 payments. The first to be made to initiate construction, the last when construction is finished and 2 additional payments in-betwee...
Tony S.
Reverse mortgage in pre-foreclosure
Deceased owners had a reverse mortgage,daughter is the the trustee and POA,we submitted a purchase offer to the bank,haven’t heard anything from bank. I heard if reverse mortgage was backed by fha they will step in to...
Peter Fokas
Paid contractor agreed amount but wants more? What to do?
Hired a contractor to some improvements to rec room in basement for 2500. Gave him deposit of 1000 to start. He kept asking for weekly payments even though we agreed to pay balance when project finished. We had som...
Kyle Howard
Can a Quit claim deed get the job done?
I have a potential deal where the sellers are deceased and the property is behind on property taxes. The daughter of the deceased parents still lives there and has no issue with me getting the property. I believe that...
Jeff B.
Abandon Trailer
I’m a relatively new investor and looking to the BP community (which is great) to help me navigate my most recent lesson and potential actions.Let me explain.Just over a month ago I bought my second rental property, a...
Iris Tunlaw
Implications of repeatedly paying my mortgage by cash at the bank
Every month I carry cash to my bank branch to pay down the balance of my mortgage, I've been doing it in the last 6 months, because I happened to have cash.I know if I do the same thing to my checking account, it coul...
Estelle Egilsrud
STR and Hold harmless agreements
Hello, I am renting my house to folks from abroad over Christmas through VRBO for 2 weeks. I have a pool and the families have small children. The pool does not have a fence. Shall I have them sign a hold harmless ...