Zoe H.
Closing on first rental, possible holdover tenant. Do I walk?
My offer was accepted on what would be my first rental property (SFH in Duluth). The plan was to remodel and split into a duplex to rent one unit and keep the other as a weekend spot for myself. Current tenants were g...
Leo Don
What would you do?
Hello BP, I just put a offer on my first property and the seller didn't notify my agent about our offer. The seller agent called my agent and told him that seller has multiple offers and want the highest and best offe...
Mickey Simmons
Landlord
What are your rights as a tenant when a landlord doesn't respond to calls or text messages concerning with air-conditioner in Illinois? Its hot and I know it concerns a heath issues. What are the steps to take?
Tony Karns
How to withdraw an offer for purchase after firing your agent
I had to terminate my realtor today. The relationship was not working. A week and a half ago we made and offer on a property, after that silence until I reached out to her on Sunday and was told that she can not talk...
Eric Hathway
After hours answering service questions
Does anyone use an after hours answering service? What are the basics of what they offer? Do they field calls and decide when to call the 24 hour maintenance guy? I imagine they dont have to be local- maybe they need ...
Adrian Smude
Bird Dog fee
I closed on a deal last week that I got from a REIA meeting. The girl did not pitch it to me, but brought it up in conversation. She works for a real estate data company as she learns about REI. Her boss is a broke...
Mark Forest
Possum in crawl
We just bought a house and while I was checking out the crawl space for problems I came face to face with a large possum. How do I trap and/or kill this thing? Thank you in advance for any help.
James Gardner
Been away so long... Got my license!!
Hi all,I wanted to say sorry for my radio silence! I've been away so long for several reasons, however, the biggest news is that I got my real estate license. There aren't many REALTORS in our area who understand what...
David Van Brunt
Are the Rent numbers of Rent-O-Meter accurate for Chicago area?
Just getting started, and looking to buy first rental property an Norther suburbs of Lake County. Given high property taxes, my calculations are very sensitive to rent assumptions. Have check numbers on Rent-O-Meter a...
Chris Martin
Last Midway Airlines flight, 9/11/01
Hard to believe it was 10 years ago. My colleague Mr. Durrett and I were on the last Midway flight from Raleigh to Atlanta. We didn't have a clue of what was going on, other than we circled around Atlanta for about 20...