Ben McPhail
Legal but unethical situation
In October I met an owner of a property who was in the early stages of fixing up his house to put on the market. He got me in touch with the realtor he was working with to show me the place. We walked through and ca...
Don Spafford
Rent to own vs Lease Option vs Land Sale Contract
What is the difference between Rent to Own, Lease Option to Buy, and a Land Sale contract? If there is a difference, which is the better way to go and how have you structured your deals to make it beneficial to you as...
Mike Finn
Best practices for landlord to breaking a lease?
Hello everyone! Question - I have heard/read about what happens when a tenant breaks a lease (loss of security deposit, paying rent for a number of remaining periods, etc.) but what happens when a landlord decides to ...
Simon Obas
Agent asking for 2.5%, is this legal?
Hello- I asked my current agent to terminate our listing agreement. The home has been on the market over 100 days and has not sold and I only received one offer (and the buyer rescinded it the next day). the agent is ...
Ryan Havens
New to brrrr increasing interest blowing up my #s for refi
Ok so I did my first brrr - 2 r left.... Ok so I used a HELOC from my CA home interest rate 5.9 ten year for down and rehab. So I purchased and rehabbed with all bank's money. 30 fixed 5.5 / HELOC 5.9 -10year. I have ...
Khanh Tran
Right of way for foreclosure property
There is a foreclosure property, and the owner signed the right-of-way agreement with the pipeline company last year to allow the pipeline company to install the pipeline on the property. If I buy the property at the ...
Todd Manning
Dealing with PM/owners over shared fencing
I'm having an issue dealing with the surrounding owners/PMs. Our fence is in need of replacement but they are unwilling to commit and move the ball forward. 1. Is there a legal lever to get them moving on this?2. If n...
Randall E Collins
Who is the beneficiary and/or owner of an escrow account?
I have an odd question, hopefully some one knows the answer. Purchase and Sale agreement, buyer is to pay all closing cost. No title company, no attorney, no realtor. The buyer placed the earnest deposit into an overs...
Juan Arroyo
Need help --- big time!!!
I made the mistake of buying a house with a friend (50-50 deal) without doing an LLC or any type of contract. He was a really close friend. Let's say somebody who both my parents consider to be their adopted son. He l...
Eric Healy
$450,000 in equity, what do I do?
Hello BP!I have a good problem. I have a SFH rented out in the Seattle area, about three miles from Amazon’s HQ. It has gone up a lot in the last few years. It now has about 450K in equity. I have it rented and cash f...