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As a landlord are you required to accept section 8? I have read conflicting information on this. There isn't anything specific about it in my tenant laws either. One website says you must go through the processes to a...
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Hi Everyone,I'm a (hopefully soon to be) investor looking to learn as much as possible before jumping into real estate investing. I've been reading books, blogs, watching videos, and analyzing a few northern Californi...
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I've got an applicant that has decided not to rent my SFH but would like a copy of the background outputs from Mysmartmove that he paid for as part of the application process. Is it legal for me to send a copy back to...
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Not sure why no one is discussing this once again- In November the “Rental Affordability Act” is likely to pass according to polls.This bill removes protections from Costa Hawkings which made it illegal for CA cities ...
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anyone every purchased private market flood insurance?
This is my first time filling an apartment and I am currently going through the screening process. My question is about down payments. Do you take them? At what point do you take them? If I've already had one appl...
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Hello all, a little bit about me. I’m a 26 y/o traveller spending most of the year in Charleston and the rest in Summit County, CO. When I get back to Charleston I plan on buying a home. I have two questions. As a fir...
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We foreclosed on a SFR last week in Memphis, Tennessee. My partner runs an asset management company that handles our REOs as well as those for two other funds across the country. One of the first steps is to find a lo...
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I currently use cozy.co to accept rental applications but find some individuals do not like technology and also have issues with paying for the background and screening check online because they do not have a debit ca...
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Is it possible to protect my EMD in this scenario:
Say I put in an offer for house x and it was accepted along with my EMD. (May be wrong on how that works as I haven't done so yet, but I'm assuming this is how it go...