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I'm sure this may have been covered in the past but when I did my search I came up empty (probably using the wrong terms). My situation is as follows, throughout the years of being in REI I've acquired a few private l...
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Ive done research regarding the 203k loan and all ive read is that "the 203k loan prohibits sweat equity"...what are the limits to whats considered "sweat equity"? Research states that if i want to put in some sweat e...
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friends in #SanJose. Your help is appreciated!! Please share, email and speak up. Oppose the San Jose City Council's Effort to Prohibit Owners from Collecting Rent ( to recover lost rent in the future)
A proposal by ...
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Hi, I am having a difficult time finding 5-50 unit small apartment owner occupied loans are there regulations against this or am I just not typing the correct terms to search for a lender that offers this ?
Under current Costa Hawkins (CH) law if a tenant is not using a rent controlled property as his/her principal place of residence, the landlord can raise the rent to market rate. Doing so usually results in a tenant fi...
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Hi all,
I'm renting out a SFH, where I'm specifying that tenant monthly income must be 3x the rent. I've showed the house to a nice older couple, no pets, but the 'gotcha' is that the husband is out of a job...
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Hello, Happy Holidays, BP! Question for you guys: with the impending legalization of weed, can landlords legally require their tenants not to smoke marijuana on the private premises? Thanks.
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I started a business of Property maintenance and lawn care about 7 years ago. I was just fixing things inside and out of residential homes. Like a regular construction contractor. I mow commercially an residential. ...
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Hi All,FHA loans are great for owner-occupants with a W2 job, but can be prohibitively restrictive for those who are self-employed or run small businesses. Have a borrower with excellent credit, cash reserves, track ...
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If stated in our lease, can we require no smoking inside our home or on our property? Can we use this when we are screening our tenants?
Thank-you.