John Matthews
Lead Safe vs. Lead Free
So my understanding was initially that in Philadelphia as a landlord you just needed to supply your tenants with the HUD "Protect your Family from Lead in your Home" Packet. I just came across this: http://www.phila.g...
Jason Barnett
Truly private email: GPG
For those of you that want truly private emails there is an answer: GPG. The technology is complex, but here is the basic way that it works:
I download GPG and use it to create a "secret key" and I am the only perso...
Mark S.
Registering KY LLC in TN
So I'm under contract for a property in TN. I currently have a KY LLC. After talking to the title company, they said that I can use my existing KY LLC as long as it's registered in TN. I believe they said it's $300...
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trying to buy a home in forclosure and running into problems
ok, we found the perfect home for us, great price everything. It is a Fannie Mae foreclosure, everything went smooth until they did the title search and found that only one of the owners(husband and wife were on the m...
Adam P
Section 988 Foreign Mortgage Gain
I am hoping a foreign real estate tax expert can help me on the top of foreign mortgage tax payoff gains, also known as section 988 of the tax code.I purchased an investment property in Canada in 2013, and financed th...
Karen Rivera
Issue with a Deed
I am helping a friend with a property his mother has some investment in. His mother took over the payments of the property taxes of her sister's house after her sister passed away about 30 years ago. The mother has co...
John Giang
Second house Owner Builder with hard money loan
Investment Info:
Single-family residence hard money loan investment in Victorville.
Purchase price: $50,000
Cash invested: $120,000
Sale price: $180,000
purchased 9000sqft lot, build a 3beds 2 b...
Izaya Sanderson
I’d like to start a commercial cleaning buisness as a side gig
I’m seventeen, work at dunkin, and I see room for a business that takes care of routine cleaning so inspection season isn’t such a freak out. Should I just approach my boss and offer my service, or get licensing, cert...
Mark Hu
Developer building fence next to our 4plex, too close?
A developer is building a cinderblock wall next to our 4 plex. The property line on his blue print looks like it would give us decent space between the fence and our building. However if they build the wall closer ...
Michael Garson
Multifamily - Use as Single and Switch Back to Multi?
I've been eyeing a multi in Philadelphia for a while, it was under contract, buyer lost financing and its back on.
Planning to attempt some mix of seller financing and my own creative efforts for downpayment,...